| Turkish Journal of Cancer |
| 2007, Volume 37, Number 4, Page(s) 158-161 |
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| Pleuropulmonary blastoma in an adult patient: Report of a case |
| GÜZİN GÖNÜLLÜ1, TÜRKKAN EVRENSEL1, ENDER KURT1, ŞADUMAN AYDIN2, SAMİ BAYRAM3, FİLİZ AYDIN4, DİLEK YILMAZBAYHAN5, OSMAN MANAVOĞLU1 |
1Uludağ University Medical School, Departments of Medical Oncology, Bursa-Turkey 2Uludağ University Medical School, Departments of Pathology, Bursa-Turkey 3Uludağ University Medical School, Departments of Thoracic Surgery, Bursa-Turkey 4Çapa University Medical School, Departments of Medical Biology, İstanbul-Turkey 5Çapa University Medical School, Departments of Pathology, İstanbul-Turkey |
Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) typically presents in
young children, most younger than 5 years, as dysontogenetic
neoplasm. It has poor prognosis with three different
subtypes: cystic (type I), combined cystic and solid (type
II) and solid (type III). Our patient was admitted with dyspnea
and was diagnosed at 25 years of age. He had upper
right lobectomy and diagnosed as Type II PPB followed
by alternating IE/VAC (Ifosfamide, etoposide/vincristine,
dactinomycin, cyclophosphamide) polychemotherapy.
Immunohistochemical studies showed vimentin positive
while cytogenetic studies showed absence of trisomies 8
and 2 abnormalities. Our patient is presently alive and disease-
free thirty months after diagnosis. It is not possible
to obtain definite knowledge about the prognostic factors
and survival rates in adult type PPB. Complete resection is
proposed to be one of the important prognostic factors in
literature. Longer follow up results in larger patient groups
are required for obtaining definitive data. [Turk J Cancer
2007;37(4):158-161]
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