Mediastinal mature teratoma with complex rupture into the lung, bronchus and skin: a case report

Mounia Serraj; Marouane Lakranbi; Jamal Ghalimi; Yassine Ouadnouni; Mohamed Smahi

doi:10.1186/1477-7819-11-125

Mediastinal mature teratoma with complex rupture into the lung, bronchus and skin: a case report

World J Surg Oncol. 2013 Jun 1:11:125. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-11-125.

Authors

Mounia Serraj¹, Marouane Lakranbi, Jamal Ghalimi, Yassine Ouadnouni, Mohamed Smahi

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of medicine and pharmacy, Sidi Mohamed Benabdellah University, 30006 Fès Sidi Brahim, BP 5552, Fès, Morocco.

Abstract

Mature teratoma is the most common primary germ cell tumor in the mediastinum. On rare occasions, cystic teratomas rupture in adjacent structures, such as pleural space, pericardium, lung or tracheobronchial tree. We present a case of a mediastinal mature cystic teratoma in 16-year-old female with complex rupture into the lung, bronchus and skin. Mature mediastinal teratoma fistulized to the skin has not been previously described.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Bronchi / pathology*
Bronchi / surgery
Female
Fistula / etiology*
Fistula / pathology
Fistula / surgery
Humans
Lung Diseases / etiology*
Lung Diseases / pathology
Lung Diseases / surgery
Mediastinal Neoplasms / complications*
Mediastinal Neoplasms / pathology
Mediastinal Neoplasms / surgery
Prognosis
Radiography, Thoracic
Rupture, Spontaneous
Skin Diseases / etiology*
Skin Diseases / pathology
Skin Diseases / surgery
Teratoma / complications*
Teratoma / pathology
Teratoma / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed