Giant teratoma of the pancreas expanding to the mediastinum: Rare tumor and literature review
Pancreatic mature cystic teratomas are very rare with limited cases found in the literature. These lesions raise a diagnostic challenge and complicate the surgical approach not only because of their anatomic position but also because of their ever-growing size. An elusive diagnosis, usually leads to...
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| author | Nikolaos Tasis Antonia A. Prountzopoulou Evangelia Skafida Maria Arnaouti Theodoros Tsirlis Aris Plastiras Dimitrios K. Manatakis Niki Arnogiannaki Dimitrios P. Korkolis |
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| description | Pancreatic mature cystic teratomas are very rare with limited cases found in the literature. These lesions raise a diagnostic challenge and complicate the surgical approach not only because of their anatomic position but also because of their ever-growing size. An elusive diagnosis, usually leads to the operative theatre where surgical resection takes place. We present a rare case of a large pancreatic cystic teratoma extending into the mediastinum in a 29-year-old woman which was succesfully managed with en-bloc distal pancreatectomy and spleenectomy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9fdcef66808c48cdb2f637b3b5c684992022-12-27T15:03:38ZengSAGE PublishingRare Tumors2036-36132022-12-011410.1177/20363613221147470Giant teratoma of the pancreas expanding to the mediastinum: Rare tumor and literature reviewNikolaos TasisAntonia A. PrountzopoulouEvangelia SkafidaMaria ArnaoutiTheodoros TsirlisAris PlastirasDimitrios K. ManatakisNiki ArnogiannakiDimitrios P. KorkolisPancreatic mature cystic teratomas are very rare with limited cases found in the literature. These lesions raise a diagnostic challenge and complicate the surgical approach not only because of their anatomic position but also because of their ever-growing size. An elusive diagnosis, usually leads to the operative theatre where surgical resection takes place. We present a rare case of a large pancreatic cystic teratoma extending into the mediastinum in a 29-year-old woman which was succesfully managed with en-bloc distal pancreatectomy and spleenectomy.https://doi.org/10.1177/20363613221147470 |
| spellingShingle | Nikolaos Tasis Antonia A. Prountzopoulou Evangelia Skafida Maria Arnaouti Theodoros Tsirlis Aris Plastiras Dimitrios K. Manatakis Niki Arnogiannaki Dimitrios P. Korkolis Giant teratoma of the pancreas expanding to the mediastinum: Rare tumor and literature review Rare Tumors |
| title | Giant teratoma of the pancreas expanding to the mediastinum: Rare tumor and literature review |
| title_full | Giant teratoma of the pancreas expanding to the mediastinum: Rare tumor and literature review |
| title_fullStr | Giant teratoma of the pancreas expanding to the mediastinum: Rare tumor and literature review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Giant teratoma of the pancreas expanding to the mediastinum: Rare tumor and literature review |
| title_short | Giant teratoma of the pancreas expanding to the mediastinum: Rare tumor and literature review |
| title_sort | giant teratoma of the pancreas expanding to the mediastinum rare tumor and literature review |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/20363613221147470 |
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