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VOLUME 54 , ISSUE 3 ( July-September, 2012 ) > List of Articles

CASE REPORT

Pulmonary Blastoma in a Young Adult

Damyanti Agrawal, T.K. Lahiri, Siddharth Lakhotia, Gopalji Gupta

Keywords : Pulmonary blastoma, Sarcomatoid carcinoma, Computed tomography, Debulking

Citation Information : Agrawal D, Lahiri T, Lakhotia S, Gupta G. Pulmonary Blastoma in a Young Adult. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 2012; 54 (3):189-192.

DOI: 10.5005/ijcdas-54-3-189

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 16-06-2022

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2012; The Author(s).


Abstract

Pulmonary blastoma is a rare but aggressive malignancy of the lung comprising epithelial and mesenchymal elements that resemble fetal lung tissue. This report described a case of an 18-year-old male who presented with cough and weight loss for a month. Computed tomography (CT) of the thorax revealed a large mass with mixed solid and cystic lesions on the right side of chest along with pleural effusion and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Massive debulking was performed followed by chemotherapy. A biphasic pulmonary blastoma was diagnosed on histopathology.


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