Pulmonary teratoma, an exceptional presentation: case report

Abstract

Introduction: Teratomas are most frequently located in the thoracic anterior mediastinum. Case presentation: A 26-year-old female patient who was admitted after respiratory distress was protocolized with a tomography that reported data of cyst tumor involving the upper left pulmonary lobe, a thoracotomy and tumor resection were performed, the pathology report mentioning data from mature cystic teratoma. The presence of pulmonary teratoma has a few reports in the world literature, the thomography provides suggestive findings of cystic tumor and allows surgical planning for its resection. Conclusion: Pulmonary teratoma is a rare and infrequent entity, its finding requires surgical resection due to the risk of rupture and malignancy.

Keywords

• Pulmonary teratoma. Mature teratoma. Pulmonary cyst tumor. Thoracotomy.