A rare tumor masquerading as an empyema: pleuropulmonary blastoma

Pediatr Pulmonol. 1996 Dec;22(6):408-11. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199612)22:6<408::AID-PPUL10>3.0.CO;2-D.

Abstract

Pleuropulmonary blastoma, although rare, should be considered in the differential diagnosis of children who present with a pleural effusion and symptoms of respiratory tract infection when the empyema fails to respond to medical management. A case of a 2-year-old boy with this rapidly growing tumor is reported. The treatment and outcome of pleuropulmonary blastoma in children is reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Child, Preschool
  • Empyema, Pleural / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Pleural Neoplasms
  • Pulmonary Blastoma / diagnosis*
  • Pulmonary Blastoma / drug therapy
  • Pulmonary Blastoma / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome