TITLE:
Posterior Mediastinal Mature Teratoma: A Case Report and Literature Review
AUTHORS:
Sani Rabiou, Jamal Ghalimi, Marwane Lakranbi, Yassine Ouadnouni, Mohamed Smahi
KEYWORDS:
Posterior Mediastinal Mature Teratoma; Computed Tomography; Surgery
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.3 No.3,
March
6,
2014
ABSTRACT: Mediastinal mature teratoma is the most common
form of germ cell tumors, often located in the anterior mediastinum. A
posterior mediastinum location has rarely been described. We report a case of a
posterior mediastinal mature teratoma in a 37-year-old patient and a literature review, through
which we describe the diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties inherent in this
particular location of these tumors.