title: Pulmonary blastoma in a young adult.
abstract: Pulmonary blastoma is a rare but aggressive malignancy of the lung comprising epithelial and mesenchymal elements that resemble fetal lung tissue. This report described a case of an 18-year-old male who presented with cough and weight loss for a month. Computed tomography (CT) of the thorax revealed a large mass with mixed solid and cystic lesions on the right side of chest along with pleural effusion and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Massive debulking was performed followed by chemotherapy. A biphasic pulmonary blastoma was diagnosed on histopathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), India. damyanti.agrawal@gmail.com
authors.forename: Damyanti
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Lahiri
authors.forename: Siddharth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lakhotia
authors.forename: Gopalji
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D018202:Pulmonary Blastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed