Pleuropulmonary blastoma, a distinctive neoplasm of childhood: Report of three cases

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 337-344

  Orazi, Cinzia ^a   Inserra, Alessandro ^a   Schingo, Paolo M S ^a,c   De Sio, Luigi ^a   Cutrera, Renato ^b   Boldrini, Renata ^a   Malena, Saverio ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Bronchopneumology Unit   (Italy)

^c IRCCS Bambino Ges̀ Pediatric Hospital ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation; Congenital pulmonary airway malformations; Lung; Neoplasm; Pleuropulmonary blastoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; TOPOTECAN; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG BLASTOMA; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; STANDARDIZATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ATELECTASIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSPNEA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PULMONARY BLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847779715     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0402-0     Document Type: Article

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