Enteric adenocarcinoma arising from mediastinal teratoma in a man: A case report

Year 2021, Volume: 3 Issue: Supplement 1, 67 - 68, 07.03.2021

Ayşe Eda Fidan Ceylin Aybüke Dağıstan Yağnur Uzun Efnan Algın Öznur Bal Kemal Karaman

https://doi.org/10.46310/tjim.876386

Abstract

Teratomas are types of germ cell tumor which can arise from gonads or extragonadal tissues and can show malignant transformation. . In this article,We presented a patient with enteric adenocarcinoma on the basis of teratoma with a mediastinal mass invading the sternum .

Keywords

mediastinal teratoma, enteric adenocarsinoma, metastasis

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