[A case of pulmonary blastoma].
A 45-year-old male with pulmonary blastoma was described. The patient suffered from headache and gait disturbance, and was diagnosed metastatic brain tumor. The histopathology of the removed tumor indicated metastasis from pulmonary blastoma. The pulmonary tumor, which had been detected on the chest x-ray film but misdiagnosed tuberculous lesion, was subsequently diagnosed pulmonary blastoma by TBLB. The patient underwent left upper lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection, but died 12 months after the operation. To our knowledge, only 54 cases with pulmonary blastoma have hitherto been reported in the Japanese literature.
Shimotakahara
T
T
First Department of Surgery, Kagoshima University School of Medicine.
Hirata
S
S
Matsumoto
H
H
Nishijima
H
H
Mitani
N
N
Baba
K
K
Shimazu
H
H
Mukai
H
H
Taguchi
M
M
Ito
Y
Y
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery