Giant residual non-seminonatous mediastinal mass

Abstract

Summary• Purpose: To point out the difficult therapeutic management of mediastinal germ-cell tumors and the residual masses.• Material and methods: We present a patient with a mediastinal non-seminomatous germcell tumor and the therapeutic management of the residual mass.• Results and conclusion: Surgical resection is the therapeutic attitude with regard to a resi- • Material y Métodos: se presenta el caso de un paciente con un tumor germinal no seminomatoso mediastínico y el manejo terapéutico de la masa residual.• Conclusiones: ante una masa residual no seminomatosa mediastínica con marcadores negativos la actitud terapéutica es la quirúrgica.Palabras clave: Masa mediastínica. Tumor germinal. Masa residual.