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20155350

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-2-15
pubmed:abstractText
We report a case of a mediastinal teratoma associated with acute mediastinitis that required an emergency operation. These tumors cause a variety of complications, but reports of acute mediastinitis are rare. A 24-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for complaints of chest pain and fever and was subsequently diagnosed as having an anterior mediastinal tumor. Follow-up computed tomography showed rapidly progressing acute mediastinitis, which was diagnosed as a perforation of the teratoma. We performed emergency surgical extirpation of the tumor and mediastinal drainage. The histopathologic diagnosis was a mature teratoma that included pancreatic tissue. Although the apparent site of the rupture was not obvious, there was a wide area of acute inflammation in the mediastinal adipose tissue. The patient did well and was discharged from the hospital without major complications.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1863-6713
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
105-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Mediastinal teratoma complicated with acute mediastinitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Narita Red-Cross Hospital, 90-1 Iidacho, Narita, Chiba, 286-8523, Japan. hidemisuzukidesu@yahoo.co.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports