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  • Title: Adenocarcinoma arising in anterior mediastinal mature cystic teratoma: report of a case.
    Author: Sakurai H, Miyashita Y, Oyama T.
    Journal: Surg Today; 2008; 38(4):348-51. PubMed ID: 18368326.
    Abstract:
    Mediastinal mature teratoma with malignant components is a very rare condition. A 57-year-old man presented with a large (14 x 10 cm) encapsulated and lobulated cystic mass involving the anterior mediastinum. The most consistent diagnosis on the basis of radiological findings was mature cystic teratoma, and a surgical resection was thus indicated. The operation was performed through a median sternotomy, and the tumor was extirpated with a combined resection of the pericardium and left mediastinal pleura. Although the pathological diagnosis was mature cystic teratoma, this patient showed a recurrence of malignant effusion 7 months following the operation. The earlier resected specimen was pathologically re-reviewed according to the blocked entire mass, and small foci of adenocarcinoma were thus found within the tumor.
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