Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 1996)

Benign Teratoma in the Left Pleural Space with Amylase in the Pleural Fluid

  • C Dale Guenter,
  • Gregory A Grant,
  • Robert H Walker,
  • Gordon T Ford

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/1996/868456
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 3
pp. 193 – 196

Abstract

Read online

The case of a 28-year-old man who experienced repeated episodes of pleuritic chest pain is reported. Eventual discovery of amylase in the pleural fluid and a supradiaphragmatic mass on computed tomography led to exploratory thoracotomy. A benign cystic teratoma was discovered in the pleural space overlying the left hemidiaphragm and connected by a peduncle to the thymus.