TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Traumatic rupture of a posterior mediastinal teratoma following motor-vehicle accident
JO  - Case reports in surgery
A1  - Bell, Christopher
A1  - Domingo, Fernando
A1  - Miller, Ashley D.
A1  - Smith, Jeremiah S.
A1  - Headrick, James R.
SP  - e7172062
EP  - e7172062
VL  - 2016
IS  - 
N2  - We report a case of a posterior mediastinal mature cystic teratoma with rupture secondary to blunt chest trauma in a 20-year-old male involved in a motor-vehicle accident. Initial treatment was guided by Advanced Trauma Life Support and a tube thoracostomy was performed for presumed hemothorax. The heterogeneous collection within the thoracic cavity was discovered to be the result of a ruptured cystic mass. Pathologic findings confirmed the mass consistent with a mature cystic teratoma. As mediastinal teratomas are most commonly described arising from the anterior mediastinum, the posterior location of the teratoma described in this report is exceedingly rare.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2090-6900
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7172062
ID  - ref1
ER  -