Anterior mediastinal teratoma presenting as cardiac tamponade.
Indian Heart J
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2004 Jan-Feb; 56(1): 64-6
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-3594
ABSTRACT
Anterior mediastinal teratoma presenting clinically as cardiac tamponade is unusual. We report the case of a 58-year-old woman, with an unremarkable prior history, who was admitted with cardiac tamponade. Emergency pericardial aspiration showed a thick, yellow fluid. Computed tomography scan of the chest was suggestive of anterior mediastinal teratoma rupturing into the pericardium. Within 24 hours, just before the planned surgery could be performed, it re-ruptured, warranting emergency surgery. Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of a teratoma. Early surgery is recommended for even asymptomatic benign mediastinal teratomas to avoid this potentially lethal complication of rupture into the pericardial cavity, and cardiac tamponade.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Rupture, Spontaneous
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Teratoma
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Female
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Humans
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Cardiac Tamponade
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India
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Mediastinal Neoplasms
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Middle Aged
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian heart j
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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