MATURE ANTERIOR UPPER MEDIASTINAL TERATOMA COMPLICATED BY PERFORATION INTO THE LUNG


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The paper describes a rare case of mature mediastinal teratoma complicated by perforation into the lung. It shows the feasibilities of chest ultrasound study in the preoperative diagnosis of this complication. Radical surgical intervention is the method of choice for treating this category of patients.

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O. V. Pikin

P A. Herzen Moscow Oncology Research Institute, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation

д-р мед. наук, руководитель 1-го хирургического торакального отд-ния

K. I. Kolbanov

P A. Herzen Moscow Oncology Research Institute, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation

M. A. Makanin

P A. Herzen Moscow Oncology Research Institute, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation

V. I. Kazakevich

P A. Herzen Moscow Oncology Research Institute, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation

R. V. Rudakov

P A. Herzen Moscow Oncology Research Institute, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation

A. V. Korolev

P A. Herzen Moscow Oncology Research Institute, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation

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