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Kim, Jou, and Oh: Ruptured Mediastinal Benign Teratoma with Focal Emphysema: A Case Report
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology 2009; 61(4): 237-240.

Published online: 31 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3348/jksr.2009.61.4.237

Ruptured Mediastinal Benign Teratoma with Focal Emphysema: A Case Report

Young Tong Kim, M.D., Sung Shick Jou, M.D., Mee Hye Oh, M.D.2

Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Korea.

2Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Young Tong Kim, M.D., Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan Hospital 23-20 Bongmyung-dong, Cheonan 330-721, Korea. Tel. 82-41-570-3515, Fax. 82-41-579-9026, ytokim@schca.ac.kr

Copyright © 2009 The Korean Society of Radiology

Abstract

We present a case of intraparenchymal rupture of a mediastinal benign teratoma with focal emphysema in a 20-year-old woman. We describe the imaging and histological findings and we review the literature to explain the relationship between a benign teratoma and emphysema.

Keywords: Mediastinal neoplasms, Teratoma, Pulmonary emphysema, Rupture

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