An aggressive childhood tumor mimicking pleural empyema: Pleuropulmonary blastoma

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 257-259

  Büyükavci, Mustafa ^a,b   Altas, Sare ^a   Salman, Bedii ^a   Eren, Suat ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Mediastinal mass; Pleural empyema; Pleuropulmonary blastoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; MESNA; VINCRISTINE;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; LUNG SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEUROPULMONARY BLASTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYPNEA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY BLASTOMA;

EID: 33646923476     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mph.0000212917.24051.6f     Document Type: Article

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