Chow Mon Ben, Lim Tze Chwan
Singapore Med J. 2014 May;55(5):e67-8. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2013211.
Mediastinal teratomas have been reported to mimic pleural effusions on chest radiography. Further evaluation of such tumours using computed tomography usually yields diagnostic characteristics that distinguish them from pleural collections. We report a patient with a mediastinal teratoma that mimicked a massive left pleural effusion on chest radiography and computed tomography.
据报道，纵隔畸胎瘤在胸部X线片上可类似胸腔积液。使用计算机断层扫描对这类肿瘤进行进一步评估通常能得出将它们与胸腔积液区分开来的诊断特征。我们报告一例纵隔畸胎瘤患者，其在胸部X线片和计算机断层扫描上均类似大量左侧胸腔积液。
