title: [Recurrent pneumonia in a teenage boy].
abstract: Pneumonia is a common paediatric and juvenile infection, which upon proper treatment will almost always heal completely. Sometimes pneumonia will become prolonged or recur, causing the need to consider additional investigations. Refractory or recurrent pneumonia in children may be caused by a structural, functional or immunological factor. Diseases of the lung tissue are rare. We describe a teenage boy, whose recurrent pneumonia revealed an underlying malignant disease, mucoepidermioid carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: TAYS:n lastenklinikka ja Tampereen yliopisto, Lastentautien tutkimuskeskus.
authors.forename: Juho E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kivistö
authors.forename: Irmeli
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hietaranta
authors.forename: Mikko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arola
authors.forename: Anssi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lagerstedt
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kapanen
authors.forename: Satu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tommola
authors.forename: Vesa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Eskola
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012008:Recurrence