title: Pleuropulmonary blastoma in a 12-year-old boy presenting with pneumothorax.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Chest Surgery, Aichi Medical University, 21 Karimata Yazako, Nagakute-cho, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Numanami
authors.forename: Motoya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashizume
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Toyoharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoi
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haniuda
mesh_terms: 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