Rare tumors of the lung in children.
The authors report rare and different types of lung tumors in 4 children. The first case is an 8-year-old boy with mucoepidermoid carcinoma, the second case is a 9-year-old girl with neuroendocrine carcinoma, the third is a 14-year-old girl with fetal lung adenocarcinoma (FLAC), and the last is a 16-year-old girl with bronchioloalveolar carcinoma. Among these tumors, FLAC has not been reported in children so far. Each tumor type displayed a different prognosis in the follow-up period. In the differential diagnosis of primary lung tumors, carcinoid tumor, bronchogenic carcinoma, and pulmonary blastoma are frequently encountered, but these rare tumor types should be borne in mind.
Department of Pediatrics, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey. mkantar@med.ege.edu.tr
Mehmet
M
Kantar
Nazan
N
Cetingül
Ali
A
Veral
Savaş
S
Kansoy
Coşkun
C
Ozcan
Hüdaver
H
Alper
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002282:Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D018278:Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male