Pulmonary blastoma: case report in an adult.
We present a case of biphasic pulmonary blastoma, a rare primary malignant lung neoplasm, in a 48 year old man. Despite its resection followed by postoperative chemotherapy, the neoplasm recurred and the patient survived only 41 months after the diagnosis.
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Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Clinica di Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio e Sezione di Chirurgia Toracica, Italy.
Calia
N
N
Castelletti
M L
ML
Ravenna
F
F
Pasquini
C
C
Cavallesco
G
G
Grandi
E
E
Caramori
G
G
Papi
A
A
Ciaccia
A
A
D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018202:Pulmonary Blastoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed