We report a case of a massive mediastinal teratoma in an 18-year-old woman who presented
with a short history of exertional dyspnoea. The tumor arose from the left lobe of
the thymus and extended into the left pleural cavity, completely compressing the left
lung and extensively shifting the mediastinum to the right. Measuring 23 cm × 17 cm × 9 cm and weighing 2005 g it is one of the largest anterior mediastinal teratomas reported. It was successfully
treated by surgical resection, with a final pathological diagnosis of a grades 1–2
immature teratoma.
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© 2004 Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
