Pulmonary blastoma within bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma

Respirology. 2006 May;11(3):339-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00854.x.

Abstract

Pulmonary blastoma is a rare tumour of the lung composed of epithelial and mesenchymal elements that morphologically resemble the embryonal structure of the lung. The authors report a 79-year-old man who was diagnosed with a pulmonary blastoma within bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma. Macroscopic, histopathological and immunohistochemical findings suggested that the pulmonary blastoma was closely associated with the bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / diagnosis*
  • Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / surgery
  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary*
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Pulmonary Blastoma / diagnosis*
  • Pulmonary Blastoma / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed