## Abstract An 18βyearβold male with Klinefelter's syndrome presented with a mature teratoma of the mediastinum. He was treated with deβbulking surgery and brief cisplatinβbased chemotherapy. Ten years later, he presented with paraplegia and was found to have an isolated epidural mass. The mass was
Benign mediastinal teratoma associated with Klinefelter's syndrome
β Scribed by Yuzaburo Fujimoto; Yasumasa Monden; Kazuya Nakahara; Yasunaru Kawashima
- Book ID
- 112755478
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 387 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1436-2813
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