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Pulmonary blastoma associated with cystic lung disease
Author(s) -
Weinblatt Mark E.,
Siegel Stuart E.,
Isaacs Hart
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19820215)49:4<669::aid-cncr2820490414>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary blastoma , lung , pathology , disease , respiratory disease , lung disease , cystic fibrosis
A 2 ½‐year‐old child with chronic cystic lung disease also had a large pulmonary tumor develop. A diagnosis of pulmonary blastoma, a rare primary malignant tumor of the lung, was made on pathologic examination. A review of the literature yielded reports of several patients with pulmonary blastoma who had either preexisting or concurrent cystic lung disease. Patients with chronic cystic pulmonary disease may have a predisposition for this malignant tumor.