title: Pulmonary blastoma in a child: report of a case.
abstract: We describe herein the case of a 2-year-old girl found to have a pulmonary blastoma (PB). The child was admitted to our hospital with the chief complaints of coughing and left-sided chest pain. On admission, a chest X-ray revealed a large mass in the left lung, which measured 10cm in diameter. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a marginally and heterogeneously enhanced tumor filling the left hemithorax. Pathologic findings of the fine-needle aspiration were suggestive of neuroblastoma. Subsequently, a left pneumonectomy with lymph node dissection was performed and histopathological examination confirmed that the tumor was a PB (type III). After the definitive diagnosis was made the patient received combination chemotherapy, and no evidence of recurrence has been seen in the 5 months since surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsunezuka
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hiranuma
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurumaya
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*