title: An autopsy report of a rare pediatric lung tumor: pleuropulmonary blastoma.
abstract: An autopsy report of pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is described in a two-and-a-half-year-old male child who died within a few days of starting chemotherapy. Autopsy revealed a large tumor almost occupying the whole of left hemithorax with widespread extension to pleura. The diagnosis was confirmed to be PPB, type III on autopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India. kirtigupta10@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Kirti
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Mahesha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vankalakunti
authors.forename: Ashim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Ram Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Marwaha
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018202:Pulmonary Blastoma / Q000473:pathology*