Anterior mediastinal immature teratoma with precocious puberty in a child with Klinefelter syndrome

J Formos Med Assoc. 2005 Aug;104(8):601-4.

Abstract

Klinefelter syndrome occurs in approximately 1 in 1000 males. A 4-year-old boy presented with precocious puberty and an anterior mediastinal mass. Serum alpha-fetoprotein and human chorionic gonadotropin levels were mildly increased. Computed tomography revealed a germ cell tumor (GCT) of the mediastinum. Complete resection of the tumor was performed. Histologic analysis revealed an immature teratoma. Males with Klinefelter syndrome develop GCTs at a rate 50 times higher than unaffected males. This case report calls attention to the need to rule out Klinefelter syndrome in boys who present with precocious puberty and a mediastinal GCT.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Germinoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Germinoma / etiology*
  • Germinoma / therapy
  • Humans
  • Klinefelter Syndrome / complications*
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / therapy
  • Puberty, Precocious / etiology*
  • Radiography