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

• Published in: Clinical case reports Vol. 9; no. 6; pp. e04139 - n/a
• Main Authors: Katoto, Patrick D. M. C., Byamungu, Liliane N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...