Intrapulmonary teratoma presenting with trichoptysis.

Journal of Thoracic Oncology • Volume 8, Number 1, January 2013 A 60-year-old woman presented to our clinic with complaints of cough and expectoration for 1 week. The expectoration was persistent, non–foul smelling and often contained thin brown silky hairs (Fig. 1). She had otherwise been well and denied breathlessness, febrile sensation, and weight loss. Chest radiograph showed a right hilar mass and collapse of the right middle lobe. Computed tomography of the chest showed a fat-containing mass measuring 6.2 × 4.7 × 3.2 cm in the right Intrapulmonary Teratoma Presenting with Trichoptysis