Iovine Elio, Petrarca Laura, Regina Domenico Paolo La, Matera Luigi, Mancino Enrica, Di Mattia Greta, Midulla Fabio, Nenna Raffaella
Department of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Children (Basel). 2022 Apr 13;9(4):555. doi: 10.3390/children9040555.
To date, the diagnosis of mediastinal teratoma and mediastinal masses relies on the use of chest X-ray and CT. Lung and thoracic ultrasound is becoming increasingly used in the diagnosis and follow-up of many lung and thoracic diseases. Here, we report the case of a mature cystic teratoma in which the performance of lung ultrasound allowed to speed up the diagnostic workup and to provide the indication for the execution of CT of the thorax allowing the diagnosis.
迄今为止，纵隔畸胎瘤和纵隔肿块的诊断依赖于胸部X光和CT检查。肺部和胸部超声在许多肺部和胸部疾病的诊断及随访中应用越来越广泛。在此，我们报告一例成熟囊性畸胎瘤病例，肺部超声检查加快了诊断进程，并为进行胸部CT检查提供了指征，从而得以确诊。
