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Ann Ital Chir
; 77(4): 335-9, 2006.
Article
in Italian
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17139964
ABSTRACT
Cervical teratomas are very rare tumors. Actually, most of the times they appear as a cervical extension of a mediastinal teratoma due or to intracystic haemorrhage and/or a higher content of pancreatic tissue. Progressive growth and compression on adjacent organs, as the tracheo-bronchial tract in our case, can be the arising symptoms that determine hospital admission of the patient. Histologically, they are classified as mature, benign in 95% of cases, immature and malignant tranformation. Complete surgical removal is the elective treatment. We report a rare case with significant respiratory symptoms due to extrinsic compression and a review of the literature.