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Mature teratoma of the posterior mediastinum

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The vast majority of germ cell tumors in the thorax arise at or near the thymus. We report a case of a 41-year-old man with mature teratoma of the posterior mediastinum. He was asymptomatic and was incidentally found to have a posterior mediastinal mass. Computed tomography was helpful in suggesting a diagnosis of mature teratoma by demonstrating the presence of fat and calcification. The differential diagnosis included neurogenic tumors, liposarcoma, and extramedullary hematopoiesis.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken 305, Japan, JP

    Y. Kurosaki, Y. O. Tanaka & Y. Itai

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  1. Y. Kurosaki
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Received 27 December 1996; Revision received 6 March 1997; Accepted 11 March 1997

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Kurosaki, Y., Tanaka, Y. & Itai, Y. Mature teratoma of the posterior mediastinum. Eur Radiol 8, 100–102 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050347

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