Pleuropulmonary blastoma simulating an empyema in a young child.
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.
Katz
D S
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Department of Radiology, State University of New York, Syracuse 13210, USA.
Scalzetti
E M
EM
Groskin
S A
SA
Kohman
L J
LJ
Patel
L S
LS
Landas
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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