Pinarli F Güçlü, Oguz Aynur, Ceyda Karadeniz, Memiş Leyla, Aylar Poyraz
Gazi University Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Oncology, Ankara, Turkey.
Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2005 Jan-Feb;22(1):71-6. doi: 10.1080/08880010590896323.
Pleuropulmonary blastoma is a rare and aggressive primary intrathoracic neoplasm of children. T'he prognosis is extremely poor with frequent metastasis to the brain and bone. A 4-year-old boy successfully treated with multimodal therapy despite unfavorable prognostic factors is presented. The authors support the use of aggressive treatment of pleuropulmonary blastoma with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy.
