Huge mediastinal cystic tumor penetrating the sternum.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.02.034.
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Abstract
We report a very rare case of a huge anterior mediastinal tumor penetrating the sternum that was diagnosed in a 59-year-old woman. The tumor was completely resected en bloc with the manubrium sterni, and the chest wall defect was closed with a pectoralis major muscle flap. Histologic examination of the cystic mass revealed the diagnosis of a benign mediastinal cystic tumor, most likely a benign cystic mature teratoma.
Medical subject headings
- Bone Neoplasms
- Mediastinal Neoplasms
- Sternum
- Teratoma