We describe a 41-year-old woman with a short history of retrosternal chest pain and non-productive cough due to a benign intrapulmonary teratoma originating from the left upper lobe. The clinical, CT features of this rare tumor are presented and the relevant literature is discussed.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany.
Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004 Oct 1;10(5):290-2.
AbstractWe describe a 41-year-old woman with a short history of retrosternal chest pain and non-productive cough due to a benign intrapulmonary teratoma originating from the left upper lobe. The clinical, CT features of this rare tumor are presented and the relevant literature is discussed.