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ArticleAnnals of thoracic surgery short reports2026

Mediastinal Mature Teratoma With Malignant Transformation to Colorectal-Type Adenocarcinoma.

Amber T Vinluan, Erik Schwarze, Michael G Bayerl, Erik J Rupard, Pauline H Go

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Article in Annals of thoracic surgery short reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Amber T VinluanThe Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Erik SchwarzeDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Michael G BayerlThe Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Erik J RupardThe Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Pauline H GoThe Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mature teratomas represent 5% to 10% of all mediastinal tumors, and malignant transformation is exceedingly rare. A 51-year-old man with newly diagnosed prostate cancer was incidentally found to have an anterior mediastinal mass suggestive of a teratoma on staging workup. Robotic thymectomy was performed, revealing a mature teratoma with malignant transformation to colorectal-type adenocarcinoma. Circulating tumor DNA was negative for measurable residual disease. The patient was managed with surveillance, including serial imaging and tumor markers.

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PMCPMC13245494

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