[Recurrent pneumonia in a teenage boy].
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.
Kivistö
Juho E
JE
TAYS:n lastenklinikka ja Tampereen yliopisto, Lastentautien tutkimuskeskus.
Hietaranta
Irmeli
I
Arola
Mikko
M
Lagerstedt
Anssi
A
Kapanen
Susanne
S
Tommola
Satu
S
Eskola
Vesa
V
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