Mediastinal cystic teratoma misdiagnosed as pleural tuberculosis: A case report and review of 53 cases revealed by pleural effusion

Mediastinal teratoma (MT) can be misdiagnosed for a long period and revealed by fatal pleural effusion at any age. In high burden tuberculosis settings, it is important to consider MT for extra‐pulmonary tuberculosis not responding to medical treatment. Mediastinal teratoma (MT) can be misdiagnosed...

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Published inClinical case reports Vol. 9; no. 6; pp. e04139 - n/a
Main Authors Katoto, Patrick D. M. C., Byamungu, Liliane N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.06.2021
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Wiley
Subjects
Case Report
Case Reports
Chest tubes
dysembryoma
extra‐pulmonary tuberculosis
Hepatitis
Infections
Low income groups
low‐income setting
Ostomy
Patients
Pleural effusion
Surgery
thorax
Tuberculosis
Tumors
thorax
dysembryoma
extra‐pulmonary tuberculosis
low‐income setting
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Summary:Mediastinal teratoma (MT) can be misdiagnosed for a long period and revealed by fatal pleural effusion at any age. In high burden tuberculosis settings, it is important to consider MT for extra‐pulmonary tuberculosis not responding to medical treatment. Mediastinal teratoma (MT) can be misdiagnosed for a long period and revealed by fatal pleural effusion at any age. In high burden tuberculosis settings, it is important to consider MT for extra‐pulmonary tuberculosis not responding to medical treatment.
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ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.4139