[A rare pulmonary tumor: pneumoblastoma. Apropos of a case and review of the literature].
A case of pneumoblastoma concerning a 33 year old man, incidentally discovered on a systematic chest X Ray, is reported. The radiologic findings include a voluminous and peripherical mass with necrotic zones. The pathologic findings in optic microscopy and the special technics consist in the three cellular contingents which form the pneumoblastoma: clusters of indifferentiated cells, epithelial cells and spindle cells. All the features show clearly a blastomatic character very similar to a foetal lung which allows to differentiate the pulmonary blastoma from carcinosarcoma. The authors, through a review of the literature, demonstrate the rarity (less than 100 cases reported), the malignant evolution which metastasis and the age (strong majority of adults) which characterize this pathology.
Giron
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Service de Radiologie, Hôpital St-Charles, Montpellier.
Eynius
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Joffre
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Senac
J P
JP
Marty-Ané
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Mary
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H
Baldet
P
P
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Une tumeur pulmonaire rare: le pneumoblastome. A propos d'un cas et revue de la littérature.