Non Malignant Mature MediastinalTeratoma: 5 Observations
Journal Title: Saudi Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 12
Abstract
Abstract:Mediastinalteratoma is a germinal tumor that results from embryologic disorders or germ primitive cells in the mediastinum.It’s a retrospective study concerning 5 patients addressed to our center for mediastinal tumor.Main symptoms were chest pain, dyspnea and pleural effusion syndrome. Computer tomography and chest x-rays were done for 4 patients. We founda bulky mass in left pleura, an anterior and right mediastinal Cyst, an anterior and left upper mediastinal Cyst, a bulky mass anterior in the mediastinum. In one patient, echocardiography showed a pericardial effusion with compression of cardiac chambers. Surgery was cystectomy through a posterolateral thoracotomy in many cases or a median sternotomy in one case. There was any major complication. Mediastinalteratoma have to be suspected in a tumor at the chest x-rays of a young adult. Its treatment remains complete resection of the tumor by surgery to avoid a recurrence tumor. Keywords:Teratoma, mediastinum, Cyst, thoracotomy,sternotomy.
Authors and Affiliations
Papa Salmane Ba, Souleymane Diatta, Magaye Gaye, MomarSokhna Diop, NdèyeFatou Sow, Papa Amath Diagne, Papa Adama Dieng, Amadou Gabriel Ciss
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