Radiology Case Reports (Oct 2021)

Pleuropulmonary blastoma (type III) in a two-year-old: A case report

  • Le Anh Duc, MD, PhD,
  • Le Thuong Vu, MD, PhD,
  • Doan-Van Ngoc, MD, PhD,
  • Nguyen Ngoc Trung, MD, PhD,
  • Nguyen-Van Sang, MD, PhD,
  • Le-Thi My, MD,
  • Thieu-Thi Tra My, MD,
  • Tran Hoa, MD,
  • Nguyen Minh Duc, MD, MSc

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 10
pp. 2978 – 2980

Abstract

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Pleuropulmonary blastoma is a rare, aggressive, malignant tumor of the lungs or pleura that primarily affects children. Pleuropulmonary blastoma is classified into 3 types based on morphology, including cystic (type I), mixed (type II), or solid (type III). These morphological types correlate with prognosis. In this article, we present a case of type III pleuropulmonary blastoma in a 2-year-old girl. The patient was treated with tumoral resection and chemotherapy; however, she experienced local recurrence and spinal metastasis after 5 months of treatment.

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