Pulmonary teratoma, an exceptional presentation: case report

Introduction:Teratomas are most frequently located in the thoracic anterior mediastinum.Case presentation: A 26-year-old female patient who was admitted after respiratory distress was protocolized with a tomography that reported data of cyst tumor involving the upper left pulmonary lobe, a thoracotomy and tumor resection were performed, the pathology report mentioning data from mature cystic teratoma.The presence of pulmonary teratoma has a few reports in the world literature, the thomography provides suggestive findings of cystic tumor and allows surgical planning for its resection.Conclusion: Pulmonary teratoma is a rare and infrequent entity, its finding requires surgical resection due to the risk of rupture and malignancy.