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SUBMITTER: Ram D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7525722 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 20180804 1
Intrapulmonary teratoma (IPT) is a rare mediastinal teratoma. IPT arise because of abnormal migration of pluripotent stem cells along the developing lung bud. Patients present with chest pain, hemoptysis, and trichoptysis. These tumors have the potential to rupture into adjacent pleura, pericardium, or tracheobronchial tree. The differential diagnosis includes hydatid cyst, fungal ball, lung abscess, and lung parenchymal tumor. We report a case of IPT, which was initially diagnosed as hydatid cy ...[more]