Benign mature mediastinal dysembryoma with pulmonary extension revealed by recurrent hemoptysis in a young woman

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2006 May-Jun;29(3):465-8. doi: 10.1007/s00270-005-0014-3.

Abstract

We report one case of mature mediastinal teratoma with pulmonary extension surgically diagnosed in a 22-year-old woman complaining of recurrent hemoptyses for which no etiological explanation could be found. Thoracic surgery was only decided on after three embolizations proved ineffective.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angiography
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Female
  • Hemoptysis / diagnosis
  • Hemoptysis / etiology
  • Hemoptysis / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Lung Neoplasms / therapy
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / therapy
  • Teratoma / diagnosis
  • Teratoma / surgery*
  • Teratoma / therapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed