Pleuropulmonary blastoma in an adolescent

J Pediatr Surg Case Rep. 2020 Aug:59:101482. doi: 10.1016/j.epsc.2020.101482. Epub 2020 May 23.

Abstract

Primary pulmonary malignancies are rare in childhood. The most common, pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB), has an incidence of 25-50 cases per year in the United States (Knight and et al., 2019) [1]. The majority of children are diagnosed with PPB before the age of four years. PPB is divided into subtypes I, Ir (type I-regressed), II, and III, which correlates to the age of diagnosis and patient prognosis [2,3]. Here we report an unusual presentation of PPB in a teen-aged female who presented with a one month history of a non-productive cough.

Keywords: Cancer; Pediatric; Pleuropulmonary blastoma.