Abstract

VERDECIA CANIZARES, Caridad; VILORIO BARRERAS, Pedro; SILVA AGUIAR, Roberto  and  PORTUGUES DIAZ, Andrés. Blastoma pleuropulmonar en la infancia: Presentación de un caso de difícil manejo. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2004, vol.76, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3119.

The pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) ia a rare and aggressive tumor affecting children at early ages. The case of a 3-year-old male patient that was diagnosed PPB of the left lung in our hospital (July, 1995) and required 5 operations during the 6 years of survival due to the trend to relapse of this type of tumor, which is a challenge for the pediatric surgeon, is presented. Pediatricians and specialists in general comprehensive medicine are given information on the therapeutic conducts and the current trends in a child with cancer of long time of evolution.

Keywords : PULMONARY BLASTOMA; DIAGNOSIS; PULMONARY NEOPLASMS; SURGERY; PRESCHOOL.