Pulmonary blastoma in children: report of two cases and review of the literature.
Pulmonary blastoma is a rare primary neoplasm of the lung. Approximately 25% of the reported cases have occurred in pediatric patients. The authors found 45 cases of these tumors in children aged < or = 16 years, and report two more cases of pulmonary blastoma--in a 3 1/2-year-old boy and a 22-month-old girl. Because these tumors are considered malignant, surgical excision is recommended.
Seballos
R M
RM
Department of Surgery, St Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center, Youngstown, OH 44501-1790.
Klein
R L
RL
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D018202:Pulmonary Blastoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery