title: Adult pulmonary blastoma: Report of an unusual malignant lung tumor.
abstract: Pulmonary blastoma is an uncommon lung malignancy, usually presenting itself as a large chest mass causing pain, hemoptysis, cough and dyspnea; however, it is asymptomatic in up to 40% of patients. We present the case and suggestive images of a 37-year-old non-smoking lady with a monophasic pulmonary blastoma located in the lower lobe of the left lung who underwent a left posterolateral thoracotomy with lower lobectomy, hilar and mediastinal node dissection, followed by chemo and radiation therapy. After 36 mo, there is no disease progression and the patient is in good health, clinically stable and without significant chest pain.
authors.affiliation: Prospero Magistrelli, Luigi D'Ambra, Stefano Berti, Pierfrancesco Bonfante, Elisa Francone, Emilio Falco, Department of Surgery, POLL-ASL5, 19100 La Spezia, Italy.
authors.forename: Prospero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Magistrelli
authors.affiliation: Prospero Magistrelli, Luigi D'Ambra, Stefano Berti, Pierfrancesco Bonfante, Elisa Francone, Emilio Falco, Department of Surgery, POLL-ASL5, 19100 La Spezia, Italy.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: D'Ambra
authors.affiliation: Prospero Magistrelli, Luigi D'Ambra, Stefano Berti, Pierfrancesco Bonfante, Elisa Francone, Emilio Falco, Department of Surgery, POLL-ASL5, 19100 La Spezia, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berti
authors.affiliation: Prospero Magistrelli, Luigi D'Ambra, Stefano Berti, Pierfrancesco Bonfante, Elisa Francone, Emilio Falco, Department of Surgery, POLL-ASL5, 19100 La Spezia, Italy.
authors.forename: Pierfrancesco
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonfante
authors.affiliation: Prospero Magistrelli, Luigi D'Ambra, Stefano Berti, Pierfrancesco Bonfante, Elisa Francone, Emilio Falco, Department of Surgery, POLL-ASL5, 19100 La Spezia, Italy.
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Francone
authors.affiliation: Prospero Magistrelli, Luigi D'Ambra, Stefano Berti, Pierfrancesco Bonfante, Elisa Francone, Emilio Falco, Department of Surgery, POLL-ASL5, 19100 La Spezia, Italy.
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vigani
authors.affiliation: Prospero Magistrelli, Luigi D'Ambra, Stefano Berti, Pierfrancesco Bonfante, Elisa Francone, Emilio Falco, Department of Surgery, POLL-ASL5, 19100 La Spezia, Italy.
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Falco
keywords: Fetal adenocarcinoma; Lobectomy; Pleuropulmonary blastoma; Pulmonary blastoma; Thoracotomy