Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Teratoma of the anterior mediastinum presenting as a cystic neck mass: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Teratoma of the anterior mediastinum presenting as a cystic neck mass a case report Gaurav Agarwal 1 and Dilip K Kar2 Address Department of Endocrine Surgery Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences Raebareli Road Lucknow- 226014 India and 2Dept of Surgical Oncology JLN Cancer Hospital Bhopal India Email Gaurav Agarwal - gaurav@ Dilip K Kar-dilipkars@ Corresponding author Published 28 January 2008 Received 22 February 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 23 doi 1752-1947-2-23 Accepted 28 January 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 23 2008 Agarwal and Kar licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Teratomas of anterior mediastinum are rare tumors and are often slow growing asymptomatic and detected incidentally on chest imaging. Results of surgical resection are very satisfactory. Case presentation A 19-years old male presented with an asymptomatic cystic neck mass. X-ray and CT scan of chest and neck showed an extrathyroidal multi-septate predominantly cystic neck mass that was continuous with a solid intrathoracic mass extending up to the level of right atrium and which contained areas of calcification and cystic necrosis. The mediastinal structures did not show any features of compression or infiltration. Fine needle aspiration cytology from the neck mass was suggestive of a dermoid cyst. In view of the extent and uncertain pathological nature of the tumor it was excised via a combined cervical and trans-sternal route. Histo-pathology of the resected specimen confirmed the diagnosis of a mature cystic teratoma. The patient made an
