Bronchioalveolar carcinoma in a 15-year-old girl

This report describes a 15-year-old female from Venezuela who has bronchioalveolar carcinoma. She is one of the youngest patients with this particular diagnosis reported in the literature. The postulated age of onset in this case was 13 years, when the first lesion was noted. Bronchioalveolar carcinoma is an extremely rare diagnosis in the pediatric population. The paucity of symptoms in this disease can lead to a delay in diagnosis. Malignancy should be considered in all cases of pediatric pulmonary lesions. Bronchoscopy and transbronchial biopsy in cases of alveolar carcinoma are not particularly useful because of the peripheral location of the lesions.