https://doi.org/10.4081/cdr.12.12317

A giant intrapulmonary malignant teratoma - a rare case presentation

Vol. 12 (2024): Early Access
Submitted: 27 January 2024
Accepted: 3 April 2024
Published: 5 April 2024
intrapulmonary teratoma, teratocarcinoma, germ cell tumors, aggressive course
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Vinay V
docvinayv@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1691-2111
DM Fellow (Senior Resident), Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna, India.
Sushil Kumar Munjal
Chest Physician (SAG), National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (NITRD), New Delhi, India.
Kuljeet Singh
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4160-1465
Senior Resident, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (NITRD), New Delhi, India.
Praveen Kumar Dubey
DM Fellow (Senior Resident), Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur, India.
Deepak Sharma
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7729-5770
DM Fellow (Senior Resident), Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, King George’s Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow, India.
Alpana Srivastava
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8417-5240
Senior Pathologist, Department of Pathology, CORE Diagnostics, New Delhi, India.

Germ cell tumors such as teratomas are unusual and most commonly occur in the gonads. Extra-gonadal teratomas are rare, and the thorax, especially the mediastinum, is the commonly involved extra-gonadal site. Teratoma of the intrapulmonary region is rare and often involves the left upper lobe of the lung. In this report, we describe a case of a 20-year-old male diagnosed with an intrapulmonary malignant teratoma arising from the left lower lobe. Teratomas emerging from the lungs present with vague symptoms like breathing difficulty, cough, and hemoptysis. We report this rare appearance of malignant intrapulmonary teratoma that originated from the left lower zone of the lung.

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V, V., Munjal, S. K., Singh, K., Dubey, P. K., Sharma, D., & Srivastava, A. (2024). A giant intrapulmonary malignant teratoma - a rare case presentation. Chest Disease Reports, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/cdr.12.12317
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