Teratoma Presenting as An Unilateral Mediastinal Mass with Contralateral Pleural Effusion / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
;
: 347-352, 2006.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-77711
ABSTRACT
A teratoma is the most common benign germ cell tumor that develops in the mediastinum. Patients with a mediastinal teratoma are usually asymptomatic. However, a spontaneous rupture of a mediastinal teratoma into the pleural cavity or adjacent organs can cause severe chest pain, hemoptysis, acute dyspnea, etc. Complications such as recurrent pneumonia, pericardial effusion, pleural effusion and great vessel invasion can sometimes occur. We encountered a case of a patient with an abrupt onset of dyspnea after persistent shoulder pain for one month. The X-ray examinations revealed a unilateral mediastinal mass with contralateral pleural effusion. Subsequent evaluations confirmed a spontaneous rupture of the teratoma into the contralateral pleural cavity.
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Main subject:
Pericardial Effusion
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Pleural Effusion
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Pneumonia
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Rupture, Spontaneous
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Teratoma
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Chest Pain
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Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
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Shoulder Pain
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Pleural Cavity
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Dyspnea
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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