Pleuropulmonary blastoma in a 12-year-old boy presenting with pneumothorax.
Pleuropulmonary blastoma is a rare pulmonary neoplasm seen in the pediatric population. We report a purely cystic-type pleuropulmonary blastoma in a 12-year-old boy who presented with spontaneous pneumothorax. He underwent partial resection of the left lower lobe under video-assisted thoracoscopy.
Numanami
Hiroki
H
Department of Surgery, Division of Chest Surgery, Aichi Medical University, 21 Karimata Yazako, Nagakute-cho, Aichi, Japan.
Tanaka
Motoya
M
Hashizume
Masahiro
M
Hara
Kazuo
K
Yokoi
Toyoharu
T
Haniuda
Masayuki
M
D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology*; D018202:Pulmonary Blastoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted