A MALIGNANT TRITON TUMOR IN THE ANTERIOR MEDIASTINUM REQUIRING EMERGENCY-SURGERY - REPORT OF A CASE

Authors
OTANI Y MORISHITA Y YOSHIDA I ISHIKAWA S OTAKI A AIHARA T NAKAJIMA T
Citation
Y. Otani et al., A MALIGNANT TRITON TUMOR IN THE ANTERIOR MEDIASTINUM REQUIRING EMERGENCY-SURGERY - REPORT OF A CASE, SURGERY TODAY-THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 26(10), 1996, pp. 834-836
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
SURGERY TODAY-THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY → ACNP
ISSN journal
09411291
Volume
26
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
834 - 836
Database
ISI
SICI code
0941-1291(1996)26:10<834:AMTTIT>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We report herein the case of a 17-year-old woman with von Recklinghaus en's disease who was diagnosed as having a giant malignant Triton tumo r located in the anterior mediastinum, which had adhered to the heart and the great vessels. An emergency operation was performed to relieve the tracheobronchial stenosis and congestive heart failure caused by the pressure of the tumor. Extracorporeal circulation was not required and the tumor could be excised only piece by piece. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a malignant Triton tumor being located in the anterior mediastinum.