Case Report: Pleuropulmonary Blastoma in a 2.5-Year-Old Boy: 18F-FDG PET/CT Findings

Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a rare invasive primary malignancy in the thoracic cavity that occurs mainly infants and children. It often misdiagnosed not treated correctly promptly due to lack of specificity clinical symptoms conventional imaging presentations. We report 2.5-year-old boy who underwent X-ray chest radiography, CT, 18 F-FDG PET/CT. PET/CT images demonstrated sizeable cystic-solid mass with heterogeneous increased glucose metabolism left cavity. The diagnosis PPB (type II) was finally confirmed by CT-guided puncture biopsy active tumor tissue. This case highlights critical role