Ohye R G, Cohen D M, Caldwell S, Qualman S J
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital, Ohio State University, Columbus 43205, USA.
J Pediatr Surg. 1998 May;33(5):730-2. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(98)90200-7.
Primary pulmonary tumors are infrequent in children. Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma has been documented rarely in the pediatric population. Before this report, there have been only three cases of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma in patients less than 16 years of age. Our two cases represent two of the youngest cases (ages 6 and 15 years) reported with bronchioloalveolar carcinoma. They illustrate many of the typical findings of this disease including clinical presentation, diagnostic difficulty, and better prognosis compared with other pulmonary malignancies. This neoplasm appears to have a favorable outcome in childhood.
原发性肺肿瘤在儿童中并不常见。细支气管肺泡癌在儿科人群中的报道很少。在本报告之前，16岁以下患者中仅有3例细支气管肺泡癌。我们的两例病例是报道的最年轻的两例细支气管肺泡癌病例（年龄分别为6岁和15岁）。它们说明了这种疾病的许多典型表现，包括临床表现、诊断困难以及与其他肺部恶性肿瘤相比更好的预后。这种肿瘤在儿童期似乎有较好的预后。
