Exocrine pancreatic function in mediastinal teratomata: an aid to preoperative diagnosis?
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
The diagnosis of teratoma may be made by demonstration of high amylase content in fluid aspirated from anterior mediastinal lesions. In 2 cases of mediastinal teratoma proteolytic enzyme activity was evident at the time of operation. A diagnosis of mediastinal teratoma was aided in 2 subsequent cases by demonstration of elevated amylase activity in the aspirated fluid before definitive operation.
Medical subject headings
- Amylases
- Dermoid Cyst
- Mediastinal Neoplasms
- Teratoma