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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 54, 741-743, Copyright © 1992 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Exocrine pancreatic function in mediastinal teratomata: an aid to preoperative diagnosis?

P Kallis, T Treasure, SJ Holmes and M Griffiths
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. George's Hospital, London, England.

The diagnosis of teratoma may be made by demonstration of high amylase content in fluid aspirated from anterior mediastinal lesions. In 2 cases of mediastinal teratoma proteolytic enzyme activity was evident at the time of operation. A diagnosis of mediastinal teratoma was aided in 2 subsequent cases by demonstration of elevated amylase activity in the aspirated fluid before definitive operation.




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