title: Primary intrapulmonary teratoma presenting as pyothorax.
abstract: A female patient presented with empyema thoracis and was planned for decortication. Peroperatively a cystic mass was found in the left lower lobe which was resected and diagnosed as a case of teratoma of lung on histopathological examination. This unusual case of primary intrapulmonary teratoma is being reported here.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases, K.G.'s Medical College, Lucknow.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tandon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kant
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Agarwal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery