Teratoma mediastinal grande asociado a derrame pleuropericárdico severo por perforación de ambas estructuras / Large mediastinal teratoma associated with severe pleural pericardial stroke due to perforation of both structures
Medisan
; 21(2)feb. 2017. ilus
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: biblio-841661
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RESUMEN
Se presenta el caso clínico de un paciente de 21 años de edad, quien ingresa en el Servicio de Cardiología del Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico Saturnino Lora Torres por presentar pericarditis aguda de evolución tórpida. Al realizarle la tomografía axial computarizada del mediastino se diagnosticó un teratoma asociado a derrame pleuropericárdico severo por ruptura de ambas estructuras. Fue intervenido con circulación extracorpórea y se confirmó el diagnóstico histológico
ABSTRACT
The case report of a 21 years patient is presented who is admitted in the Cardiology Service of Saturnino Lora Torres Teaching Clinical Surgical Provincial Hospital due to acute pericarditis of torpid course. When the computerized axial tomography of the mediastinal cavity was carried out, a teratoma associated with severe pleural pericardial stroke due to rupture of both structures was diagnosed. He was treated with extracorporeal circulation and the histologic diagnosis was confirmed
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Main subject:
Pericardial Effusion
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Pleural Effusion
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Teratoma
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Cardiac Tamponade
Type of study:
Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Medisan
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Cuba
Institution/Affiliation country:
Policlínico Universitario Ernesto Guevara de la Serna/CU
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Universidad de Ciencias Médicas/CU