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Salvage surgery using simultaneous clamshell thoracotomy with median sternotomy for mediastinal growing teratoma syndrome

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This report describes the case of a 17‐year‐old man who developed mediastinal growing teratoma syndrome following two cycles of chemotherapy, after an initial diagnosis of primary mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell… Click to show full abstract

This report describes the case of a 17‐year‐old man who developed mediastinal growing teratoma syndrome following two cycles of chemotherapy, after an initial diagnosis of primary mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumor. The large, rapidly‐growing mediastinal tumor was completely resected in conjunction with right pneumonectomy, using simultaneous clamshell thoracotomy and median sternotomy. The salvage surgery with perioperative management involved in mediastinal growing teratoma syndrome is presented here.

Keywords: mediastinal growing; simultaneous clamshell; using simultaneous; growing teratoma; clamshell thoracotomy; teratoma syndrome

Journal Title: Thoracic Cancer
Year Published: 2020

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