Conservative surgical treatment for a giant thoracoabdominal benign teratoma.

Acta Chir Belg. 1997 Jun;97(3):130-2.

Conservative surgical treatment for a giant thoracoabdominal benign teratoma.

Catania A, D'Andrea V, Panzironi G, Biancari F, De Antoni E.

3rd Department of General Surgery, University La Sapienza, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.

The authors describe an adult patient with a giant, cystic teratoma (33 x 22 x 18 cm) involving the posterior mediastinum and retroperitoneum. A conservative surgical approach consisting of a partial endocystectomy plus injections of tetracycline into the residual cavity, was performed. Two months after surgery, a CT scan showed a 6 x 5 x 3 cm residual cyst. The authors believe that the excision of the inner surface of the cystic lesion and the intracystic administration of tetracycline, may successfully prevent the accumulation of fluid which is the main cause of the progressive enlargement of such benign cystic teratomas.

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PMID: 9224517 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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