A case of intrapulmonary teratoma presenting with hair expectoration.
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.
Ustün
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Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
Demircan
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A
Paksoy
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Ozkaynak
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C
Tüzüner
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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