Simone Petrarulo Department of Medical Specialities, Pulmonology Unit, GB Morgagni-L. Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy
Alice Bellini Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine – DIMES of the Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, GB Morgagni-L. Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy; Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, GB Morgagni-L. Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy
Sara Piciucchi Department of Radiology, GB Morgagni-L.Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy
Alessandra Dubini Department of Pathology, GB Morgagni-L.Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy
Claudia Ravaglia Department of Medical Specialities, Pulmonology Unit, GB Morgagni-L. Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna/Forlì-Ravenna Campus, Forlì, Italy
Venerino Poletti Department of Medical Specialities, Pulmonology Unit, GB Morgagni-L. Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna/Forlì-Ravenna Campus, Forlì, Italy; Department of Respiratory Diseases and Allergy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
DOI: 10.36166/2531-4920-746
A 44-year-old lifelong nonsmoker woman with progressive dyspnoea on exertion, dry cough, and morning neck swelling was referred to our Pulmonary Unit at GB Morgagni Hospital, Forlì, Italy. Initial chest X-ray revealed a significantly enlarged mediastinum with an extensive bilobed opacity. The CT scan of the chest confirmed the presence of an anterior mediastinal mass compressing numerous mediastinal organs. The patient underwent thoracotomy, which allowed for the removal of the mass measuring 23×21×13 cm. The mass was diagnosed as mediastinal mature cystic teratoma.