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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-11-22
pubmed:abstractText
Pleuro-pulmonary blastoma is a rare malignant lung tumor in children and distinct from ordinary pulmonary blastoma of adulthood. Combination chemotherapy plays an important role in the treatment of this tumor, but so far no attempt of high dose chemotherapy with subsequent bone marrow or blood stem cell transplantation has been published. The case is reported of a 2-year-old boy with pleuro-pulmonary blastoma who achieved partial remission with conventional chemotherapy and surgery. Subsequent administration of high dose melphalan, etoposide, and carboplatin, followed by autologous blood stem cell transplantation resulted in a 3-month disease-free interval but did not prevent eventual local recurrence, leading to death within a few weeks. Clinical presentation, pathology, management, and prognosis are discussed and the literature reviewed.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0098-1532
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
479-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Pleuro-pulmonary blastoma: a case report and review of the literature.
pubmed:affiliation
University Children's Hospital, Freiburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports