Unusual clinical presentation of a thoracic form of a malignant dysembryoma. A case report

We report here the medical history of a patient diagnosed with teratocarcinoma presenting with a pleural mass without mediastinal involvement as well as typical paraneoplastic hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. This atypical observation is discussed as well as data from the literature on thoracic locali...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inRevue des maladies respiratoires Vol. 8; no. 6; p. 591
Main Authors Trillet, V, Loubeyre, P, Loire, R, Gamondes, J P, Hellal, H, Brune, J
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 1991
Subjects
Adult
Humans
Male
Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic - diagnostic imaging
Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic - etiology
Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic - pathology
Pleural Neoplasms - complications
Pleural Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Pleural Neoplasms - pathology
Radiography
Teratoma - complications
Teratoma - diagnostic imaging
Teratoma - pathology
Online AccessGet more information

Cover

More Information
Summary:We report here the medical history of a patient diagnosed with teratocarcinoma presenting with a pleural mass without mediastinal involvement as well as typical paraneoplastic hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. This atypical observation is discussed as well as data from the literature on thoracic localisations of extragonadal malignant germ cell tumours.
ISSN:0761-8425