title: [Pleuropulmonary blastoma, case report].
abstract: Pleuropulmonary blastoma is a rare lung tumor of childhood that can occur with cystic or solid lesions, as a radiological finding with or without respiratory symptoms. We report the case of a 2 year old toddler in his first pulmonary obstructive episode with suspected toracic malformation of the left upper lobe in his chest x-ray and tomography. Surgery was performed showing cystic malformation of the left upper lobe. We received the pathology report with diagnosis of type I pleuropulmonary blastoma. He began follow-up with Oncology initiating treatment with cyclophosphamide and vincristine, well tolerated. Currently, there is controversy about the management of congenital lung cysts, tilting the balance towards the surgical procedure because of serious difficulties in differentiating benign pulmonary cysts from pleuropulmonary blastoma without histopathologic review.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Niños "Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1425EFD, Argentina.
authors.forename: Juan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Bosch
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Niños "Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1425EFD, Argentina.
authors.forename: Martín
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Medín
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Niños "Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1425EFD, Argentina.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garrido
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Niños "Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1425EFD, Argentina.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Niños "Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1425EFD, Argentina.
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Teper
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D018202:Pulmonary Blastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Children; Pleuropulmonary blastoma; Respiratory system abnormalities; Thoracic neoplasms