title: A case of intrapulmonary teratoma presenting with hair expectoration.
abstract: Benign cystic teratomas of the lung are extremely rare. Up to the present time, around 30 cases have been reported in the literature. We report an additional case, a 28-year-old woman, admitted with the complaint of expectoration of hair. Histopathological, clinical, and Ct features are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Ustün
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demircan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Paksoy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ozkaynak
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tüzüner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003371:Cough / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013183:Sputum / Q000166:cytology; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed