FNA diagnosis of teratoma lung: A case report

Diagn Cytopathol. 2010 Oct;38(10):758-60. doi: 10.1002/dc.21318.

Abstract

A case of teratoma occurring in the lung of a 27-year-old female, diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology and confirmed by histopathology, is being presented here. Occurrence of teratoma at this site is a rare entity. The authors take this opportunity to report such a rare case, and as to the best of our knowledge, not many cases have been reported in literature till date.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy, Fine-Needle
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Teratoma / pathology*
  • Teratoma / surgery