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Case Reports
. 2004 Dec;20(11-12):863-5.
doi: 10.1007/s00383-003-0997-2. Epub 2004 Jun 8.

Pleuropulmonary blastoma in childhood. A malignant degeneration of pulmonary cysts

T Dosios  1 , J Stinios, P Nicolaides, S Spyrakos, E Androulakakis, A Constantopoulos
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Pleuropulmonary blastoma in childhood. A malignant degeneration of pulmonary cysts

T Dosios et al. Pediatr Surg Int. 2004 Dec.

Abstract

Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is an extremely rare intrathoracic neoplasm of early childhood with an unfavorable outcome. In this article, two children with PPB associated with pre-existing pulmonary cysts are presented. It is emphasized that surgical excision is the treatment of choice for all pulmonary cysts.

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