title: Trichoptysis: a hairy presentation of a rare tumour.
abstract: We describe the case of a 17-year-old hairdresser who presented with haemoptysis and trichoptysis due to benign intrapulmonary teratoma and her surgical management. The clinical and radiological features of this rare tumour are reviewed and the symptom of trichoptysis discussed.
authors.affiliation: Regional Department of Thoracic Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green, Birmingham, UK. taffyowm@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Tafadzwa P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Makarawo
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Finnikin
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Woolley
authors.forename: Ehab
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bishay
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001461:Barbering; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000473:pathology*; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome