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SUBMITTER: Tohic CL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8430271 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tohic Caroline Le CL Rehman Sameer S
Radiology case reports 20210906 11
Mediastinal germ cell tumors are some of the less frequently encountered anterior mediastinal masses. We report an interesting case of a 26-year-old male with a ruptured mediastinal cystic teratoma. Initial plain radiograph and CT scan of the chest showed radiographic evidence of a ruptured cystic teratoma, including a peripherally enhancing, partially calcified mass with internal fat density. Upon surgical excision, the mass was found to adhere to the thymus and anterior aortic arch. The patien ...[more]