title: Teratoma presenting as a cystic lesion on the chest wall.
abstract: A 28-year-old woman presented with a rare case of chest-wall teratoma. Computed tomography of a cystic lesion located in the anterior chest wall revealed a hyperdense object with the appearance of a tooth. The cystic mass was totally excised via a chest-wall incision without thoracotomy. Pathologic examination showed a benign teratoma containing an immature tooth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Inönü University, School of Medicine, Turkey. drkutlu@inonu.edu.tr
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Soysal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kutlu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saraç
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed