Large mediastinal teratoma associated with severe pleural pericardial stroke due to perforation of both structures

Abstract

The case report of a 21 years patient is presented who is admitted in the Cardiology Service of "Saturnino Lora Torres"TeachingClinicalSurgicalProvincialHospitaldue to acute pericarditis of torpid course. When the computerized axial tomography of the mediastinal cavity was carried out, a teratoma associated with severe pleural pericardial stroke due to rupture of both structures was diagnosed. He was treated with extracorporeal circulation and the histologic diagnosis was confirmed.

Keywords

• teratoma mediastinal, perforación pleuropericárdica, taponamiento cardiaco, derrame pleuropericárdico severo, atención secundaria de salud.