Multimodal Treatment of Pleuropulmonary Blastoma: Two case report / 대한흉부외과학회지
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
;
: 614-618, 2003.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-120307
ABSTRACT
Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a rare intrathoracic neoplasm, found solely in childhood. The usual symptoms are dyspnea, chest discomfort, recurrent respiratory infections, fever, dry cough, and chest pain. The progress of PPB is usually aggressive and its progress is generally poor. Lymphatic spread to the hilar and mediastinal nodes can occur. Distant metastasis is found in brain, bones, and intra-abdominal organs. Surgical resection is the treatment of choice. When the disease is too extensive for surgical resection, neoadjuvant chemotherapy can be used. We report 2 cases of pleuropulmonary blastoma in children successfully treated with multimodal therapy.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pleural Neoplasms
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Respiratory Tract Infections
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Thorax
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Chest Pain
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Brain
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Combined Modality Therapy
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Cough
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Drug Therapy
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Dyspnea
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Fever
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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