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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002;22:651-653
© 2002 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Unusual intrathoracic location of a primary germ cell tumour

^a Thoracic Surgery Clinic, SSK Sureyyapasa Thoracic and Cardiovascular Diseases Teaching Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
^b Pathology Division, SSK Bezm-i Alem Vakif Gureba Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 1 April 2002; received in revised form 5 June 2002; accepted 19 June 2002.

* Corresponding author. Kardelen 4-1 D.34 Atasehir, Istanbul 81120, Turkey. Tel.: +90-216-455-3538; fax: +90-212-296-1005
e-mail: erdalokur{at}turk.net

The primary location of non-metastatic germ cell tumours of the chest is the anterior mediastinal compartment. Germ cell tumour arising from lung parenchyma is one of the rarest conditions in human and only a few cases of choriocarcinomas and yolk sac tumour have been reported to date. Here we report a case of intrapulmonary mixed type germ cell tumour, containing embryonal carcinoma, choriocarcinoma and yolk sac tumour elements. Diagnosis of the lesion was achieved by open thoracotomy and bulk of the tumour was resected by right upper lobectomy.

Key Words: Intrapulmonary germ cell tumour • Embryonal carcinoma • Yolc–sac tumour • Choriocarcinoma

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