Pulmonary blastoma in a young adult.

نویسندگان

  • Damyanti Agrawal
  • T K Lahiri
  • Siddharth Lakhotia
  • Gopalji Gupta
چکیده

Pulmonary blastoma is a rare but aggressive malignancy of the lung comprising epithelial and mesenchymal elements that resemble fetal lung tissue. This report described a case of an 18-year-old male who presented with cough and weight loss for a month. Computed tomography (CT) of the thorax revealed a large mass with mixed solid and cystic lesions on the right side of chest along with pleural effusion and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Massive debulking was performed followed by chemotherapy. A biphasic pulmonary blastoma was diagnosed on histopathology.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Indian journal of chest diseases & allied sciences

دوره 54 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012