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Case report: Giant cystic lesions with a rare pulmonary diagnosis
Author(s) -
Siew Ruth,
Cheng Eulalia R. Y.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.23995
Subject(s) - medicine , differential diagnosis , histopathology , pulmonary function testing , giant cell , pathogenesis , radiology , pathology
A 14‐year‐old male who presented with back pain was found to have giant cystic lesions on CXR and emphysematous changes on chest CT. He underwent right lobectomies and histopathology of the resected lesions demonstrated giant bullous emphysema with placental transmogrification. This has not been previously described in a pediatric patient. We describe his clinical findings, pulmonary function tests, and post‐operative course. The pathogenesis of placental transmogrification remains uncertain. As this is the first reported pediatric case, we propose that giant bullous emphysema with placental transmogrification should be considered in the differential diagnosis for cystic lesions in the pediatric age group.