Massive Hemoptysis: A Rare Presentation of Anterior Mediastinal Teratoma in an Adolescent

Abstract Germ cell tumors are predominantly found in the gonads, and the most common extragonadal site is anterior mediastinum. Usual symptoms are cough, dyspnea, and fever, chest pain due to mass effect or intrapulmonary invasion but hemoptysis is rare and may result from either communication with tracheobronchial tree or may result from bronchial bleeding due to irritation by tumor. As in our case, patient presenting with massive hemoptysis and shock are the rarest presentation of a benign teratoma.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology

• Publication date

  2017-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_62_16PMID 28900334PMCID 5582563
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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