Pleuropulmonary blastoma with cervical lymph node metastasis at presentation.

نویسندگان

  • M Choudhury
  • S K Gupta
  • M Jain
  • R Chadha
چکیده

Pleuropulmonary blastoma is a rare childhood neoplasm accounting for less than one percent of all primary malignant lung tumors of children less than six years of age. Metastasis to CNS, orbit and iris, bone, contralateral lung and rarely adrenal glands, liver, kidney and pancreas has been described. This report presents a rare case of pleuropulmonary blastoma with cervical lymph node metastasis at the time of presentation.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Indian pediatrics

دوره 48 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011