The mediastinal teratomas can grow to a large size before becoming symptomatic. The
symptoms are usually due to the compression of adjacent structures. A computed …

Background Mediastinal teratoma is an uncommon disease, nevertheless they represent the
most common mediastinal germ cell tumors. It may grow silently for several years and …

BACKGROUND: Teratomas are the most common of germ cell tumor and have different
epidemiology, histology, and biology than the others. These tumors occur equally in men …

Background Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is widely used for thoracic lesions in
pediatric patients. VATS is also applied to pediatric mediastinal tumors if there is no …

Mediastinal tumors exhibit specific locations, including superior, anterior, middle, and
posterior regions, based on their histological characteristic (1). Teratomas, classified as …

Background: Teratomas are embryonic neoplasms. However, mediastinal tumor in the
pediatric age group is uncommon with diverse surgical approaches Case presentation: In …

Mediastinal teratomas presenting in the pediatric age are extremely rare. We report three
cases of mediastinal teratomas in children aged 15 months to 9 years. Patients were …

Teratoma is a common type of mediastinal tumor, often located in the anterior mediastinum.
Mediastinal teratomas often occur in young and middle-aged people, and account for 5 …

Purpose There are not many studies comparing long-term oncological outcomes between
video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and open surgery for mediastinal …

Background Mediastinal teratoma is an uncommon disease, nevertheless they represent the
most common mediastinal germ cell tumours. It may grow silently for several years and …