An autopsy report of a rare pediatric lung tumor: pleuropulmonary blastoma.
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.
Gupta
Kirti
K
Department of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India. kirtigupta10@yahoo.co.in
Vankalakunti
Mahesha
M
Das
Ashim
A
Marwaha
Ram Kumar
RK
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*