A huge mediastinal teratoma in a 14-year-old girl.

Introduction And Importance: Mediastinal teratoma is the most common mediastinal germ cell tumor. Mature mediastinal teratomas are infrequent and often found incidentally.

Case Presentation: We report the case of a 14-year-old girl who was presented dyspnea for 2 years.

Management peculiarities of costovertebral hydatidosis.

Background: Costovertebral hydatidosis is a rarely reported clinical and radiological entity, estimated at less than 1% of thoracic hydatid locations. Its management is still not codified.

Objective: The aim of our study was to specify the management peculiarities of costovertebral hydatidosis.