Large mediastinal teratoma associated with severe pleural pericardial stroke due to perforation of both structures

Authors

  • Carlos Manuel Angulo Elers Hospital Provincial Clinicoquirúrgico "saturnino Lora Torres" http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0959-9190
  • Sorangel Bolaños Vaillant Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico “Saturnino Lora Torres”, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de Cuba
  • Emilio Urgellés Angulo Policlínico Universitario “Ernesto Guevara de la Serna”, Santiago de Cuba

Keywords:

mediastinal teratoma, pleural pericardial perforation, pericardial tamponade, severe pleural pericardial stroke, secondary health care.

Abstract

The case report of a 21 years patient is presented who is admitted in the Cardiology Service of "Saturnino Lora Torres"TeachingClinicalSurgicalProvincialHospitaldue to acute pericarditis of torpid course. When the computerized axial tomography of the mediastinal cavity was carried out, a teratoma associated with severe pleural pericardial stroke due to rupture of both structures was diagnosed. He was treated with extracorporeal circulation and the histologic diagnosis was confirmed. 

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Published

2017-02-07

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Angulo Elers CM, Bolaños Vaillant S, Urgellés Angulo E. Large mediastinal teratoma associated with severe pleural pericardial stroke due to perforation of both structures. MEDISAN [Internet]. 2017 Feb. 7 [cited 2025 Jun. 4];21(2). Available from: https://medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/1280

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Vol. 21 No. 2 (2017): MEDISAN

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Case Reports

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