Pleuropulmonary blastoma in an adult women with pleurorrhea as the major clinical manifestation: report of a case / 南方医科大学学报
Journal of Southern Medical University
;
(12): 2241-2243, 2008.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-321716
ABSTRACT
Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a rare dysontogenetic neoplasm in children and has been recognized as a distinct clinicopathological entity different from the ordinary pulmonary blastoma of adulthood. We report a very rare adult case of PPB. A 43-year-old female patient presented with massive pleural infusion, and a misdiagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (TB) was made on the basis of ultrasound scan and CT images, for which therapy with TB drugs was administered for 3 weeks. Subsequent operation and pathologic examination of the mass revealed a multicystic neoplasm consisting of malignant mesenchymal cells immunohistochemically positive for vimentin and actin. Local recurrence occurred in the left pleural 20 months after the surgical tumor resection and 4 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy.
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Main subject:
Pathology
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Pleural Effusion
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General Surgery
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Pulmonary Blastoma
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Diagnosis
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Lung Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Journal of Southern Medical University
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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