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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;126:855-857
© 2003 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief communications

Benign intrapulmonary teratoma: report of a case

Mehmet Nesimi Eren^a, Akn Eraslan Balci^a,*, evval Eren^a

^a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakr, Turkey

Received for publication November 15, 2002; accepted for publication November 25, 2002.

^* Address for reprints: Akn Eraslan Balci, Firat University School of Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery, 23100, Elazig, Turkey
abalci@firat.edu.tr

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Although intrathoracic teratomas are frequent, benign intrapulmonary teratomas seldomly occur. Only 37 cases have been reported so far. It is known that these tumors originate from the third pharyngeal sac. Teratomas occur with the same incidence in men and women.

These tumors generally become manifest with their complications such as lung abscess, bronchiectasis, empyema, and hemoptysis. Preoperative diagnoses are usually inaccurate. We review the literature and report a case.

Case report

An 18-year-old patient presented with a 2-month history of left side pain, cough, expectoration, and fever. The patient had been given nonspecific treatment a week before. Later she was hospitalized with a prediagnosis of lung abscess in another clinic. Conservative treatment for lung abscess, lung biopsy, and antibiotic treatment according to the biopsy yielded no result. The patient was . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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