A rare tumor masquerading as an empyema: pleuropulmonary blastoma.
Pleuropulmonary blastoma, although rare, should be considered in the differential diagnosis of children who present with a pleural effusion and symptoms of respiratory tract infection when the empyema fails to respond to medical management. A case of a 2-year-old boy with this rapidly growing tumor is reported. The treatment and outcome of pleuropulmonary blastoma in children is reviewed.
Merriman
T E
TE
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Beasley
S W
SW
Chow
C W
CW
Smith
P J
PJ
Robertson
C F
CF
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms; D018202:Pulmonary Blastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome