An aggressive childhood tumor mimicking pleural empyema: pleuropulmonary blastoma.
We report a case of pleuropulmonary blastoma in a child initially diagnosed with encysted pleural empyema. She was treated with combination chemotherapy including ifosfamide, etoposide, vincristine, adriamycin, actinomycin-D, and cyclophosphamide after surgical excision.
Büyükavci
Mustafa
M
Division of Pediatric Oncology, Department of Pathology, Ataturk University School of Medicine, 50/2 Erzurum, Turkey. buyukavci@hotmail.com
Altas
Sare
S
Salman
Bedii
B
Eren
Suat
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