Asymptomatic intrapericardial mature teratoma.

Gonzalez M; Krueger T; Schaefer SC; Ris HB; Perentes JY

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.023

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Asymptomatic intrapericardial mature teratoma.

Gonzalez M Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland. Michel.Gonzalez@chuv.ch
Krueger T
Schaefer SC
Ris HB
Perentes JY

2010-05-25

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The Annals of thoracic surgery. - 2010

English Benign mature teratomas are the most common type of germ cell tumors that arise in the anterior mediastinum. Intrapericardial teratomas are a rare manifestation of this tumor type, which are generally diagnosed during infancy because of the heart compression symptoms they produce. Here we report a rare case of intrapericardial mature teratoma that was incidentally discovered in an asymptomatic 51-year-old woman.

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