A rapidly growing mature mediastinal teratoma with a testicular epidermoid cyst and familial Mediterranean fever

Kenshiro Omura; Masayuki Nakao; Hironori Ninomiya; Naoya Iwamoto; Hiroki Ozawa; Yohei Kawaguchi; Yasuto Kondo; Junji Ichinose; Yosuke Matsuura; Sakae Okumura; Mingyon Mun

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100988

A rapidly growing mature mediastinal teratoma with a testicular epidermoid cyst and familial Mediterranean fever

Respir Med Case Rep. 2019 Dec 17:29:100988. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100988. eCollection 2020.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.
² Division of Pathology, Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

Anterior mediastinal teratomas are common and are generally characterized as slow growing tumors. Very few reports documenting rapidly growing tumors exist. Here, we describe a case of a mature teratoma showing rapid growth in 1 year treated with complete surgical resection.

Keywords: Familial Mediterranean fever; Mature teratoma; Mediastinal tumor; Rapidly growing; Testicular epidermoid cyst.

Publication types

Case Reports