A giant intrapulmonary malignant teratoma - a rare case presentation

Vinay V; Sushil Kumar Munjal; Kuljeet Singh; Praveen Kumar Dubey; Deepak Sharma; Alpana Srivastava

doi:10.4081/cdr.12.12317

Authors

Vinay V
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DM Fellow (Senior Resident), Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1691-2111
Sushil Kumar Munjal Chest Physician (SAG), National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (NITRD), New Delhi, India.
Kuljeet Singh Senior Resident, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (NITRD), New Delhi, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4160-1465
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 DM Fellow (Senior Resident), Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, King George’s Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7729-5770
Alpana Srivastava Senior Pathologist, Department of Pathology, CORE Diagnostics, New Delhi, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8417-5240

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