https://doi.org/10.4081/cdr.11.11840

Metastatic intestinal adenocarcinoma arising within mature teratoma of the mediastinum: report of a surgically-resected case

Vol. 11 (2023)
Submitted: 19 September 2023
Accepted: 25 October 2023
Published: 25 October 2023
Mediastinal tumors, teratoma with malignant transformation, adenocarcinoma, metastases
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Yoldez Houcine
Pathology Department, Abderrahmen Mammi Hospital, Ariana; Faculty of Medicine, El Manar University, Tunisi, Tunisia.
Chirine Moussa
chirine.moussa22@gmail.com
Faculty of Medicine, El Manar University, Tunisi; Pneumology Department 1, Abderrahmen Mammi Hospital, Ariana, Tunisia.
Tarek Abid
Pasteur Clinic, Pneumology Department, Tunisi, Tunisia.
Sadok Hammami
Pasteur Clinic, Surgery Department, Tunisi, Tunisia.
Héla Skhiri
Pasteur Clinic, Oncology Department, Tunisi, Tunisia.
Aida Ayadi
Pathology Department, Abderrahmen Mammi Hospital, Ariana; Faculty of Medicine, El Manar University, Tunisi, Tunisia.

Intestinal adenocarcinoma spontaneously developing in an anterior mediastinal multilocular teratoma in a 33-year-old female is described. The patient has been experiencing chest distress for several months. On a chest X-ray, a cystic anterior mediastinal mass was identified. A subsequent computed tomography scan revealed a heterogeneous mass measuring 20x15x10 centimeters in the anterior right mediastinum. She underwent a median thoracotomy excision. The histopathologic examination revealed a mature teratoma with intestinal adenocarcinoma metastases associated with pulmonary, cutaneous, and diaphragmatic metastases.

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Houcine, Y., Moussa, C., Abid, T., Hammami, S., Skhiri, H., & Ayadi, A. (2023). Metastatic intestinal adenocarcinoma arising within mature teratoma of the mediastinum: report of a surgically-resected case. Chest Disease Reports, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/cdr.11.11840
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