Mediastinal teratoma presenting with hemoptysis and pleuritis misdiagnosed as tuberculosis (empyema)
Abstract Background Mediastinal teratoma is uncommon in children. It can be very difficult to diagnose especially in early stage. Rarely, teratoma may rupture into adjacent structures and lead to lung lesions or pleuritis. The main rarity of our reported cases was the dynamic imaging findings very s...
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Main Authors: | Jinrong Liu (Author), Baolin Tian (Author), Qi Zeng (Author), Chenghao Chen (Author), Chunju Zhou (Author), Huimin Li (Author), Yuelin Shen (Author), Shunying Zhao (Author) |
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2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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