Ahmet GÜZEL, DEMET DEMİRKOL, Agop ÇITAK, Rauf ÜÇSEL, Metin KARABÖCÜOĞLU, Nedret UZEL, Alper TOKER

Unusual cause of pulmonary mass in childhood: Pleuropulmonary blastoma

Plöropulmoner blastoma çocukluk çağında oldukça nadir görülen malign tümörlerden biridir. Tüm primer akciğer malignitelerindeki insidansı %0.25- 0.5 arasındadır. Sıklıkla 6 yaş altında görülür ve özellikle akciğer parankimi, mediasten ve plevradan kaynaklanır. Genellikle tek taraflı soliter akciğer kitlesi şeklinde görülür. Bu olgu sunumunda ateş, solunum sıkıntısı, hışıltı, karın ağrısı, kilo kaybı gibi nonspesifik bulgularla başvuran, tek taraflı akciğer kitlesi saptanan ve plöropulmoner blastoma tanısı konulan 3.5 yaşındaki bir erkek olgu sunulmuştur. Sonuç olarak çocukluk çağında tek taraflı solit akciğer kitlesi tespit edilen olgularda nadir görülen plöropulmoner blastoma tanısı da akılda tutulmalıdır.

Çocukluk çağında nadir görülen bir akciğer kitlesi olgu sunumu: Plöropulmoner blastoma

Pleuropulmonary blastoma is a malignant lung tumor affecting children. Pleuropulmonary blastoma is a rare entity having an incidence between 0.25-0.5% of all primary lung malignancies that occurs exclusively in children younger than 6 years. The tumor usually originates from pulmonary parenchyma, mediastin and pleura and especially presents as a solitary pulmonary mass in unilateral lung. In this case report, we present a 3.5-year-old boy who was admitted with fever, dyspnea, wheezing, abdominal pain, weight loss and was diagnosed as pleuropulmonary blastoma. As pleuropulmonary blastoma is rarely seen in childhood, relevant literature on pleuropulmonary blastoma is reviewed.

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