Teratoma gigante de mediastino: achado cirúrgico pós-trauma torácico

Most mediastinal tumors are incidentally diagnosed because they are asymptomatic. The aim of this paper is to report on the case of a 29-year-old male patient, who had an increase in cardiac area after blunt thoracic trauma. He was submitted to thoracotomy when a large mediastinal mass was found. Th...

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Autores: Santos, Paulo César [UNIFESP], Maia, Cíntia Prado, Pereira, Juliana Carvalho Penha, Oliveira, Tassiane Cintra De Alvarenga
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/3767
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-76382007000200017
http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/3767
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Teratoma
Mediastinal neoplasms
Mediastinum
Neoplasias do mediastino
Mediastino
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Sumario:Most mediastinal tumors are incidentally diagnosed because they are asymptomatic. The aim of this paper is to report on the case of a 29-year-old male patient, who had an increase in cardiac area after blunt thoracic trauma. He was submitted to thoracotomy when a large mediastinal mass was found. The histopathological diagnosis was a mature mediastinal teratoma.