Pulmonary mass and air meniscus sign in a 19-year-old man.

Roig, J; Aguilar, X; Maestre, J; Domingo, C; Morera, J · Chest · 1991

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Sacrococcygeal teratoma is rarely diagnosed in adults. Pulmonary mass as the presenting clinical form of the malignant variety of this germ-cell tumor is exceptional. We report herein such a case with the noticeable peculiarity of showing the air meniscus sign on chest roentgenographic examination.

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