Adolescent with mediastinal teratoma and pericardial involvement

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Keywords:

teratoma, germcells, mediastinum, pericardium

Abstract

A 14-year-old patient with a history of health who attended the clinic due to chest pain that lasted six days without irradiation and with absence of fever, dyspnea or other symptoms. The chest radiograph showed an anterior and middle mediastinal mass that was confirmed with computed tomography and where the location and imaginal characteristics suggested the diagnosis of mediastinal teratoma. The excision of the tumor that also compromised part of the pericardium was performed, confirming histologically by pathological anatomy the presence of a mature cystic mediastinal teratoma.

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Author Biographies

Pablo Antonio Hernández Dinza, South Teaching Paediatric Hospital “Antonio María Béguez Cesar” in Santiago de Cuba.

1st degree Specialist in Pediatrics, 2nd degree Specialist in  Pediatric Critical Care. Master degree in Communicable Diseases. Assistant teacher.

Yofaidy Pérez Medina, Provincial Directorate of Health in Santiago de Cuba.

1st degree’s Specialist of Comprehensive General Medicine and Pediatrics. Master degree in Pediatric Comprehensive  Care. Assistant teacher.

Manuel Alfonso Carrazana Araujo, South Teaching Paediatric Hospital “Antonio María Béguez Cesar” in Santiago de Cuba.

1st degree Specialist in Pediatric Surgery

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Published

2019-05-15

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Hernández Dinza PA, Pérez Medina Y, Carrazana Araujo MA. Adolescent with mediastinal teratoma and pericardial involvement. Rev Inf Cient [Internet]. 2019 May 15 [cited 2025 Jun. 2];98(2):256-62. Available from: https://revinfcientifica.sld.cu/index.php/ric/article/view/2168

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