[Morphology, histogenesis and dignity of pulmoblastoma with special regard to the pulmoblastoma in childhood (author's transl)]

Abstract

A case of pulmoblastoma in a six years old boy is presented. Nomenclature, epidemiology, morphology, classification as well as dignity and pathogenesis of this rare tumor of the lung are discussed. By biogenic and electron microscopic findings reported in the literature this tumor is considered as an embryogenic tumor of the lung.