Benign mature mediastinal dysembryoma with pulmonary extension revealed by recurrent hemoptysis in a young woman

We report one case of mature mediastinal teratoma with pulmonary extension surgically diagnosed in a 22-year-old woman complaining of recurrent hemoptyses for which no etiological explanation could be found. Thoracic surgery was only decided on after three embolizations proved ineffective.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cardiovascular and interventional radiology 2006-06, Vol.29 (3), p.465-468
Hauptverfasser:	Filaire, M, Michel-Letonturier, M, Garcier, J M, Escande, G, Boyer, L
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Angiography BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY BLOOD CIRCULATION Diagnosis, Differential Embolization, Therapeutic Female Hemoptysis - diagnosis Hemoptysis - etiology Hemoptysis - surgery Humans Lung Neoplasms - surgery Lung Neoplasms - therapy Mediastinal Neoplasms - diagnosis Mediastinal Neoplasms - surgery Mediastinal Neoplasms - therapy RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE SURGERY Teratoma - diagnosis Teratoma - surgery Teratoma - therapy THERAPY Thoracic surgery Tomography, X-Ray Computed VASCULAR DISEASES
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Zusammenfassung:	We report one case of mature mediastinal teratoma with pulmonary extension surgically diagnosed in a 22-year-old woman complaining of recurrent hemoptyses for which no etiological explanation could be found. Thoracic surgery was only decided on after three embolizations proved ineffective.
ISSN:	0174-1551 1432-086X
DOI:	10.1007/s00270-005-0014-3