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Primary small cell bronchogenic carcinoma in a 14-year-old boy
1Department of Pediatrics, Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Pediatric Pulmonology
|March 29, 2000
Abstract:
A 14-year-old Korean boy was admitted with cough, hemoptysis, and fever. A chest X-ray showed a solitary pulmonary mass and pneumonitis. Bronchial biopsy by fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed a poorly differentiated small cell carcinoma. All of the staging information indicated that the patient had limited disease. During the 7 months following diagnosis, he received adjuvant chemotherapy in conjunction with radiotherapy. The size of the lesion was reduced by almost 50%. Small cell bronchogenic carcinoma has not been reported previously in childhood.