title: A rare tumor masquerading as an empyema: pleuropulmonary blastoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Merriman
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Beasley
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: 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