Abstract
Mediastinal teratoma rarely causes pericarditis. We report a case of a 22-year-old young female admitted to the emergency department for inspiratory chest pain and fever with severe pericardial effusion, unexepectable the cause of pericarditis was a mediastinal teratoma.
Keywords:
Pericarditis; Teratoma: chest.
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MeSH terms
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Mediastinal Neoplasms* / complications
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Mediastinal Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
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Pericardial Effusion* / diagnostic imaging
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Pericardial Effusion* / etiology
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Pericardial Effusion* / surgery
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Pericarditis* / diagnostic imaging
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Pericarditis* / etiology
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Pericarditis* / therapy
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Teratoma* / complications
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Teratoma* / diagnostic imaging
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Teratoma* / surgery
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Thorax
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Young Adult