Pulmonary blastoma associated with cystic lung disease.
A 2 1/2-year-old child with chronic cystic lung disease also had a large pulmonary tumor develop. A diagnosis of pulmonary blastoma, a rare primary malignant tumor of the lung, was made on pathologic examination. A review of the literature yielded reports of several patients with pulmonary blastoma who had either preexisting or concurrent cystic lung disease. Patients with chronic cystic pulmonary disease may have a predisposition for this malignant tumor.
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000150:complications