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This is a report of two cases of mature mediastinal teratoma associated with elevated serum SCC levels. The first patient was a 17-year-old female admitted to our hospital for severe left chest pain. Chest x-ray film and CT scan showed a mediastinal tumor. The preoperative serum SCC level was elevated. Resection was performed and the pathological diagnosis was mature teratoma. The second patient was a 32-year-old male admitted to our hospital for severe anterior chest pain. A chest CT scan showed a mediastinal tumor. The preoperative serum SCC level was high. Surgery was performed and the pathological diagnosis was mature teratoma. The cause of the high serum SCC levels was unclear, but we suspect that the pulmonary atelectasis may have caused it.
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Shiono, S., Sato, T. & Abiko, M. Mediastinal mature teratoma with elevated serum SCC levels —A report of 2 cases—. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 46, 743–746 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03217813
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