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Pleuropulmonary blastoma as characteristic cause of pneumothorax
Beatriz Cabeza1, Gonzalo Oñoro, Alberto García Salido
1Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain.
Background:
Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is the most common lung neoplasms in childhood. Usually presents as recurrent respiratory infections and in some cases as pneumothorax.
Case Report:
We report the case of a 2-year-old patient that was diagnosed with PPB, that first manifested as recurrent pneumothorax. Three chest computed tomography were necessary for the diagnosis. The first 2 tomographies showed no abnormalities suggestive of malignancy. The patient had a family history of both PPB and leukemia. Three years and a half after completion of treatment, the patient is in complete remission.
Conclusions:
PPB is an uncommon disease but is the most common pulmonary neoplasms in childhood. We must suspect it in patients with a suggestive family history and recurrent pneumothorax in the same location.
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