Mediastinal Immature Teratoma with Yolk Sac Tumor and MyelomonocyticLeukemia Associated with Klinefelter's Syndrome

Abstract

A 14-year-old male presenting with a short history of right subclavicular chest pain was found to have a mediastinal tumor. Hematologic investigations and bone marrow examination showed features of myelomonocytic leukemia. The mediastinal tumor was excised, but thesurgery was complicated by massive hemorrhage. The patient's condition deteriorated postoperatively and he died a week later. The histology of the mediastinal tumor showed the typical features of an immature teratoma with a yolk sac tumor. A prominent infiltrate of leukemic blast cells was present within blood vessels and in close proximity to the yolk sac component. The karyotypic analysis of leukemiccells isolated and cultured from the bone marrow showed 5OXXY, +8, +21, +iso G-group marker chromosome karyotype.