Resection of a ruptured mature cystic teratoma diagnosed two years after the onset of perforation

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Yukinori Sakao¹  Masaoki Shimanouchi²  Toshinori Hashidume²  Hiroaki Kuroda¹ 

[1] Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan;Division of General Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Ibarakihigashi National Hospital, 825 Terunuma, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1113, Japan

关键词: thoracoscopic resection;    inhomogeneous;    perforation of mediastinal teratoma;   

Others  :  1147669
DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7819-12-321

 received in 2014-03-05, accepted in 2014-10-03,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Perforated cystic teratomas are rare. Our patient was a 16-year-old female who presented with severe chest pain two years ago. A right-sided pleural effusion was accidentally detected by chest radiography performed at her school. Computed tomography revealed a high density area with multiple small, thickened, lobulated lesions and a low density area with pleural effusion adjacent to a thinned wall. Pathognomonic inhomogeneous computed tomography findings led to an accurate diagnosis of a mature teratoma that had ruptured long before presentation. Thoracoscopic resection was performed, and the final histological diagnosis was a mature teratoma with partial rupture.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Kuroda et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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