Metachronous pleuropulmonary blastoma in an adult patient with endometrial cancer: a case report
Author(s) -
Sagar Bhalerao,
Aditya Adhav,
Sucheta Gandhe,
Rajnish Nagarkar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
oxford medical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.169
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2053-8855
DOI - 10.1093/omcr/omz056
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , endometrial cancer , lung cancer , pulmonary blastoma , primary cancer , cancer , lung , pediatrics , pathology , physics , optics
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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