Giant Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor: a Surgical Approach

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Published: Dec 1, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55720/respirar.15.4.8
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mediastinal neoplasm germ cell tumor extra-gonadal tumors

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María José Valera-Brush
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Perú
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4203-1107
Barbara Llave-Sangiacomo
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Perú
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3818-2335
Paulo Revolledo-Guerra
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Perú
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8866-8659
Edgar Amorín-Kajatt
Thoracic Surgical Oncology Unit, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas. Lima, Perú

Abstract

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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Valera-Brush, M. J., Llave-Sangiacomo, B., Revolledo-Guerra, P., & Amorín-Kajatt, E. (2023). Giant Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor: a Surgical Approach. Respirar, 15(4). https://doi.org/10.55720/respirar.15.4.8
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Vol. 15 No. 4 (2023): December
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