A rare primary pulmonary tumor of childhood
Kotiloğlu, E.; Kaya, H.; Kiyan, G.ür.; Tüney, D.; Canpolat, C.
Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 44(2): 156-159
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-4301 PMID: 12026207 Document Number: 548088
Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is known to be the pulmonary blastoma of childhood. It has a range of macroscopic and microscopic features which appear to correlate with eventual prognosis. Type 1, presenting as a multicystic lesion, occurs at an earlier age and has a more favorable prognosis than other types. The presented case of type 1 PPB had a microscopic focus of rhabdomyosarcoma. Although this patient was disease-free one year after the initial diagnosis without chemotherapy, he presented at 14 months with local dissemination and cardiac metastasis, revealing the inevitable chemo-radiotherapy need in PPB.