Metachronous pleuropulmonary blastoma in an adult patient with endometrial cancer: a case report

Oxf Med Case Reports. 2019 Jun 28;2019(6):omz056. doi: 10.1093/omcr/omz056. eCollection 2019 Jun.

Abstract

Pulmonary blastoma is a rare form of lung cancer with a reported incidence of 0.25-0.55 of primary pulmonary cancers. Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a common finding in children while it is rarely found in adults. In the past few years, the incidence of a second primary tumour has increased to 3.5% followed by third primary tumour at 0.5% and fourth tumour at 0.3%. The clinical significance of diagnosing and distinguishing a secondary primary tumour is often challenging. As per our knowledge, this is the first case of metachronous PPB in an adult patient previously diagnosed with endometrial cancer.

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