Ruptured mediastinal mature teratoma causing severe mediastinitis: report of a surgically resected case and a literature review
Abstract Background Mediastinal teratomas occasionally rupture into the thoracic cavity, which induces mediastinitis or various other severe complications. Surgical treatment is crucial for ruptured teratomas; however, few literature reviews to date have addressed the characteristics of ruptured med...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Japan Surgical Society
2021-02-01
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| Series: | Surgical Case Reports |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-021-01132-8 |
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