Open AccessUniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for complex mediastinal mature teratoma: A case report
Author(s) -
Xuelei Hu,
Zhen Dong,
Wenyong Zhu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i26.7870
Subject(s) - medicine , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , mature teratoma , thoracoscopy , teratoma , general surgery , surgery , radiology
Mediastinal mature teratoma is the most common histological type of primary extragonadal germ cell tumor. In this report, we describe a rare case of giant mature teratoma located primarily in the anterior mediastinum and causing partial atelectasis of the upper and middle lobes of the right lung, as well as extrinsic compression of the right atrium.