Highlights • Open surgery is usually performed for a perforating mediastinal mature teratoma.• Asymptomatic perforation involving a teratoma is very rare.• Complete thoracoscopic surgery was successfully used in this case.•… Click to show full abstract
Highlights • Open surgery is usually performed for a perforating mediastinal mature teratoma.• Asymptomatic perforation involving a teratoma is very rare.• Complete thoracoscopic surgery was successfully used in this case.• Complete thoracoscopic surgery might be meaningful in cases of few or no symptoms.
               
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