Traumatic Rupture of A Posterior Mediastinal Teratoma following Motor-Vehicle Accident

We report a case of a posterior mediastinal mature cystic teratoma with rupture secondary to blunt chest trauma in a 20-year-old male involved in a motor-vehicle accident. Initial treatment was guided by Advanced Trauma Life Support and a tube thoracostomy was performed for presumed hemothorax. The...

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Main Authors: Christopher Bell, Fernando Domingo, Ashley D. Miller, Jeremiah S. Smith, James R. Headrick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7172062
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