Ruptured mediastinal mature teratoma causing severe mediastinitis: report of a surgically resected case and a literature review

Ruptured mediastinal mature teratoma causing severe mediastinitis: report of a surgically resected case and a literature review

Abstract Background Mediastinal teratomas occasionally rupture into the thoracic cavity, which induces mediastinitis or various other severe complications. Surgical treatment is crucial for ruptured teratomas; however, few literature reviews to date have addressed the characteristics of ruptured med...

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Main Authors: Eri Ota, Yujin Kudo, Sachio Maehara, Hideyuki Furumoto, Jun Matsubayashi, Yoshihisa Shimada, Masaru Hagiwara, Toshitaka Nagao, Tatsuo Ohira, Norihiko Ikeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-02-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Mediastinal mature teratoma
Rupture
Mediastinitis
Surgical resection
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-021-01132-8

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