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Research Paper | Surgery | India | Volume 9 Issue 2, February 2020 | Popularity: 6.1 / 10

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A Rare Case of Pleuropulmonaryblastoma: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Dr Anandita Milind Desai, Dr Ajay Naik

Abstract: Pleuro pulmonary blastoma is a rare form of potentially aggressive pulmonary malignancy seen in children less than 6 years of age. We have studied a case of a 2 year old child who presented to our surgical out patient department with complaints of fever, cough and breathlessness since 8 days and after thorough evaluation was diagnosed with Pleuro pulmonary blastoma and was treated for the same. Pleuro pulmonary blastoma is classified into three subtypes: biphasic pleuro pulmonary blastoma which consists of an epithelial and mesenchymal component, well differentiated foetal adenocarcinoma which consists of well differentiated epithelium and a mesenchymal component and malignant pleuro pulmonary blastoma. The prognosis of the malignant variant is extremely poor and it is an aggressive type of cancer.

Keywords: Pleuropulmonary blastoma, Neuroblastoma

Edition: Volume 9 Issue 2, February 2020

Pages: 1075 - 1077

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