Meshram RM, Abhisheik S, Hardas V, Siddharth K. Massive Hemoptysis: A Rare Presentation of Anterior Mediastinal Teratoma in an Adolescent.
INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND PAEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF INDIAN SOCIETY OF MEDICAL & PAEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY 2017;
38:215-217. [PMID:
28900334 PMCID:
PMC5582563 DOI:
10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_62_16]
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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.
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