A Giant Mature Cystic Teratoma Mimicking a Pleural Effusion
The vast majority of teratomas originating from more than a single germ layer are benign. Often, such teratomas are initially asymptomatic. Later symptoms are caused by the weight per se of the teratoma and include chest pain, cough, dyspnea, and/or recurrent attacks of pneumonia. A mediastinal tera...
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| description | The vast majority of teratomas originating from more than a single germ layer are benign. Often, such teratomas are initially asymptomatic. Later symptoms are caused by the weight per se of the teratoma and include chest pain, cough, dyspnea, and/or recurrent attacks of pneumonia. A mediastinal teratoma is treated by total surgical resection of the mass. Here, we report a case of giant mature cystic teratoma mimicking a pleural effusion in the thorax at the 7-month-old female patient with a symptom of persistent pulmonary infection and tachypnea. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d0365bb9b51a47cf886f666ec88fbdc12025-08-20T03:19:46ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192016-01-01201610.1155/2016/12591751259175A Giant Mature Cystic Teratoma Mimicking a Pleural EffusionMustafa Erman Dorterler0Mehmet Emin Boleken1Sezen Koçarslan2Department of Pediatric Surgery, Harran University, Şanlıurfa, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Harran University, Şanlıurfa, TurkeyDepartment of Pathology, Harran University, Şanlıurfa, TurkeyThe vast majority of teratomas originating from more than a single germ layer are benign. Often, such teratomas are initially asymptomatic. Later symptoms are caused by the weight per se of the teratoma and include chest pain, cough, dyspnea, and/or recurrent attacks of pneumonia. A mediastinal teratoma is treated by total surgical resection of the mass. Here, we report a case of giant mature cystic teratoma mimicking a pleural effusion in the thorax at the 7-month-old female patient with a symptom of persistent pulmonary infection and tachypnea.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1259175 |
| spellingShingle | Mustafa Erman Dorterler Mehmet Emin Boleken Sezen Koçarslan A Giant Mature Cystic Teratoma Mimicking a Pleural Effusion Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | A Giant Mature Cystic Teratoma Mimicking a Pleural Effusion |
| title_full | A Giant Mature Cystic Teratoma Mimicking a Pleural Effusion |
| title_fullStr | A Giant Mature Cystic Teratoma Mimicking a Pleural Effusion |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Giant Mature Cystic Teratoma Mimicking a Pleural Effusion |
| title_short | A Giant Mature Cystic Teratoma Mimicking a Pleural Effusion |
| title_sort | giant mature cystic teratoma mimicking a pleural effusion |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1259175 |
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