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At present, most of the ETT cases reported in the literature are characterized by primary lesions of reproductive system origin, with or without distant metastasis. Here, we report a case of isolated pulmonary ETT without a primary uterine lesion. The patient underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) single-port right lower lobectomy. The postoperative pathology and immunohistochemistry confirmed pulmonary ETT. 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