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.
Kantar
Mehmet
M
Department of Pediatrics, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey. mkantar@med.ege.edu.tr
Cetingül
Nazan
N
Veral
Ali
A
Kansoy
Savaş
S
Ozcan
Coşkun
C
Alper
Hüdaver
H
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