Infected Mature Teratoma in the Anterior Mediastinum Removed Using the Da Vinci Robotic System.

Authors

Manar Edriss
Eve Paxton, Beaumont Health Resident
Kevin Jamil, Beaumont Health

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-12-2022

Publication Title

Cureus

Abstract

Mature teratomas have been found to be the most common type of extragonadal primary germ cell tumors found in the anterior mediastinum. Over the past decade, several reports have been published using minimally invasive approaches to remove mediastinal masses. Of these publications, only one reported a teratoma excision from the anterior mediastinum via the Da Vinci Robot. Additionally, there have been few reports regarding teratomas infected with bacteria. This is a case of a 37-year-old man with an incidentally identified

Volume

14

Issue

8

First Page

e27919

Recommended Citation

Edriss M, Paxton E, Jamil K. Infected mature teratoma in the anterior mediastinum removed using the Da Vinci robotic system. Cureus. 2022 Aug 12;14(8):e27919. doi: 10.7759/cureus.27919. PMID: 36110494.

DOI

10.7759/cureus.27919

ISSN

2168-8184

PubMed ID

36110494