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J Cardiothorac Surg
January 2025
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital Affiliated Shandong University Jinan Children's Hospital, No. 23976, Jingshi Road, Huaiyin District, Jinan City, Shandong Province, China.
Intrapericardial teratoma is a rare tumor that usually presents in neonates or during infancy because of the associated high degree of pericardial effusion, cardiac compression and severe respiratory distress. In this paper, we report a rare case of intrapericardial teratoma that was incidentally discovered in an infant with superior vena cava obstruction following pericardial effusion absorption. Echocardiography and thoracic computed tomography angiography revealed that the intrapericardial mass obviously suppressed the superior vena cava.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMultimed Man Cardiothorac Surg
September 2024
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UY, UK.
Primary mediastinal malignant germ cell tumours are rare, comprising only 1-4% of mediastinal tumours, of which 50-70% are non-seminomatous germ cell tumours. Non-seminomatous germ cell tumours typically demonstrate an excellent response to cisplatin-based chemotherapy. However, in some cases, tumours may persistently enlarge despite normal tumour markers following chemotherapy, leading to a rare condition known as growing teratoma syndrome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZ Geburtshilfe Neonatol
December 2024
Division of Prenatal Medicine & Fetal Therapy, University Hospital for Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg Campus Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Depending on its location, size, and proximity to the cardiac structures, an intrapericardial teratoma may lead to severe circulatory disturbances and even fetal demise. A 34-year-old G2P1 presented at 20w5d with a solid cystic mass in the right thorax of the fetus, originating from the right atrium or lung, with signs of non-immune fetal hydrops, soon resulting in intrauterine fetal death. Detailed post-mortem autopsy revealed signs of hydrops fetalis universalis due to a spherical tumor mass originating from the aortic root.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSurg Case Rep
April 2024
Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, 2-2-2 Iida-Nishi, Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan.
Background: Benign mature teratomas are the most common type of anterior mediastinal germ cell tumor. Mature intrapericardial teratomas are generally diagnosed during infancy because of symptoms of cardiac compression. In contrast, mature adult intrapericardial teratomas are extremely rare, accounting for less than 1% of mature intrapericardial teratomas.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFetal Diagn Ther
February 2024
Division of Gynecology and Obstetrics 1, Department of Surgical Sciences, City of Health and Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Introduction: Fetal intrapericardial teratoma is a rare tumor that can be diagnosed by antenatal ultrasonography early in pregnancy.
Case Presentation: A fetal intrapericardial teratoma was detected on routine ultrasonography in the second trimester of pregnancy. At 31 weeks gestation, a marked increase in tumor size, fetal ascites, and pericardial effusion were observed, indicating that preterm delivery would be inevitable.
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