Respirar (Dec 2023)

Giant Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor: a Surgical Approach/ Tumor gigante de células germinales: un abordaje quirúrgico

  • María José Valera-Brush,
  • Barbara Llave-Sangiacomo,
  • Paulo Revolledo-Guerra,
  • Edgar Amorín-Kajatt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.55720/respirar.15.4.8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 4
pp. 291 – 296

Abstract

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Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are formed from embryonic cells and usually occur in patients between age 11 and 30 years. GCT can present as extra-gonadal tumors, with the anterior mediastinum being the most common site in 50 to 70 % of cases. We present a 21-year-old male patient with a solid mediastinal tumor of 17 x 15 cm that, according to the chest tomography (CT), it was occupying the entire left thoracic cavity moving the heart towards the right thoracic cavity. The pathological study was reported by the pathologist as a GCT tumor.

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