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ArticleOncology letters2024

Spontaneous rupture‑induced life‑threatening mediastinal mixed germ cell tumor: A case report and therapeutic considerations.

Xiaosong Li, Shenghan Xu, Yunbin Li, Yanping Tang, Kaiying Wang, Yumeng Lei, Jian Ma, Jian Li

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Article in Oncology letters, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Xiaosong LiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China.
Shenghan XuDepartment of Urology, The People's Hospital of Liupanshui, Liupanshui, Guizhou 553001, P.R. China.
Yunbin LiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China.
Yanping TangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China.
Kaiying WangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China.
Yumeng LeiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China.
Jian MaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China.
Jian LiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China.
Guiyang Medical University · CNLiupanshui Normal University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spontaneous rupture and hemorrhage of mediastinal germ cell tumors is a rare occurrence. In the current report, the case of a 20-year-old male patient who was admitted with chest tightness and dyspnea is presented. An urgent chest CT scan revealed a large tumor in the right anterior mediastinum, measuring ~12 cm in diameter, with associated intratumoral hemorrhage. An emergency thoracotomy was performed to excise the lesion, which revealed that the bleeding was caused by a ruptured tumor. Postoperative pathological findings revealed a mediastinal mixed germ cell tumor consisting of four pathological types: Embryonal carcinoma, seminoma, yolk sac tumor and immature teratoma. Postoperatively, the patient showed marked improvement in the symptoms of dyspnea. However, the follow-up outcome was poor, and the patient succumbed 2 months after surgery. To the best of our knowledge, there are no reports of rupture and hemorrhage involving >4 mixed germ cell tumors. In the present report, the experience of the treatment of the patient is summarized, and literature was reviewed to improve clinicians' awareness of the disease.

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extragonadal germ cell tumorhemothoraxmediastinal mixed germ cell tumormixed germ cell tumor

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