title: Primary squamous cell carcinoma of lung in a 7-year-old boy: a case report.
abstract: We are reporting a rare case of a primary squamous cell carcinoma of lung with skeletal metastases in a 7-year-old boy. The patient received chemotherapy with initial improvement but eventually died of the disease. A brief literature review is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43608, USA. Ruchika.Sharma@utoledo.edu
authors.forename: Ruchika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Dagmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Waqar
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed