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Successful thoracoscopic removal of a giant teratoma following extraction of cystic conponents: A case report
Author(s) -
Miyauchi Yoshihiro,
Matsubara Hirochika,
Uchida Tsuyoshi,
Matsuoka Hiroyasu,
Ichihara Tomofumi,
Matsumoto Masahiko
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian journal of endoscopic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1758-5910
pISSN - 1758-5902
DOI - 10.1111/ases.12067
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , thoracotomy , teratoma , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , mediastinum , thoracoscopy
Video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery is a type of minimal‐access surgery. The nature of the surgery means that there are limitations on the size of a tumor that can be removed through an access incision. Herein, we report our experience removing a giant teratoma (16 × 14 × 13 cm in size) from the anterior mediastinum of a young girl. We employed video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery to remove the teratoma through a mini‐thoracotomy following the extraction of the cystic components.