Mature Cystic Teratoma With Malignant Transformation to Adenocarcinoma Takashi Muramatsu, MD, PhD, Tatsuhiko Nishii, MD, PhD, Kazumitsu Ohmori, MD, PhD, Motomi Shiono, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 91, Issue 6, Pages 1971-1973 (June 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.025 Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Chest computed assisted tomography 10 years earlier showed a mediastinal mature cystic teratoma. (B) Recent chest computed tomography imaging showed a mosaic structure inside of the cyst. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 91, 1971-1973DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.025) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A) Resected specimen. (B) Histologic findings demonstrate a layer of adenocarcinoma lining the inner side of the anterior mediastinal mature cystic teratoma (hematoxylin and eosin staining; original magnification ×400). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 91, 1971-1973DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.025) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions