[Pulmonary blastoma]

Rev Port Pneumol. 2007 May-Jun;13(3):391-5. doi: 10.1016/s0873-2159(15)30358-5.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

Pulmonary blastoma is a rare primary lung tumor with poor prognosis that commonly presents at a younger age than the non-small cell lung cancer. Classically they are large, symptomatic tumors with lymph nodal metastasis and carry poor prognosis. Pathological examination revealed features suggesting a biphasic tumor with mesenchymal and epithelial components. Over 200 cases have been reported so far worldwide since the first description of the tumor in 1945. Authors present a case of pulmonary blastoma with literature revision.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung / pathology*
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Blastoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Blastoma / pathology*
  • Radiography