[A case of mediastinal teratoma discovered availing of pneumonia]

Kyobu Geka. 1998 Nov;51(12):1060-3.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 42-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with hemosputum and an abnormal shadow on chest X-ray. Although her hemosputum disappeared after the treatment of pneumonia, the abnormal shadow was not improved. Chest CT showed a mediastinal mass. She underwent thoracotomy and the tumor, measuring 6 x 5 x 5 cm in size, was resected. Pathological diagnosis was a mature type teratoma with direct invasion to the lung. We have to take mediastinal teratoma into consideration as one of the causes of pneumonia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / complications
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia / etiology*
  • Teratoma / complications
  • Teratoma / drug therapy*