title: Pleuropulmonary blastoma simulating an empyema in a young child.
abstract: Pleuropulmonary blastoma is a rare childhood malignancy that may simulate an empyema both clinically and radiographically. A 3-year-old boy with fever, cough, and abdominal pain developed complete opacification of the left hemithorax with contralateral mediastinal shift over the course of several weeks. At thoracotomy, a pleuropulmonary blastoma was discovered. The radiology, pathology, and clinical course of this rare neoplasm are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, State University of New York, Syracuse 13210, USA.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Scalzetti
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Groskin
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Kohman
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Landas
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D018202:Pulmonary Blastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography