Abstract

PINO ALFONSO, Pedro Pablo et al. Blastoma pulmonar: Presentación de 1 caso. Rev cubana med [online]. 1996, vol.35, n.3, pp. 209-211. ISSN 1561-302X.

The case of a 18-year old, white, male patient presenting with respiratory manifestations of cough, expectoration, thoracic pain, and a chest radiography showing a mass of the left upper lobe, is reported. After performing a minimal pleurotomy and a biopsy, a pulmonary blastoma was diagnosed. The patient underwent a pneumonectomy and subsequently he received polychemotherapy.

Keywords : PULMONARY BLASTOMA [surgery]; PULMONARY NEOPLASMS [surgery]; PNEUMONECTOMY [methods]; PULMONARY BLASTOMA [drug therapy]; LUNG NEOPLASMS [drug therapy].