title: Pulmonary blastoma in an adult presenting as a chronic loculated effusion: a diagnostic problem.
abstract: A 33 year old woman posed a diagnostic problem for two years with recurrent left sided chest pain and radiographic features suggestive of a loculated effusion. Diagnosis was finally made at thoracotomy which revealed an encapsulated cystic mass. Histological examination confirmed a rare monomorphic pulmonary blastoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018202:Pulmonary Blastoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy