Cases - Chest - Pleuropulmonary Blastoma III

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07/10/23

Pleuropulmonary Blastoma is a malignant pediatric lung cancer that is highly aggressive and very rare. It carries a poor prognosis Here we have a 3 year old male patient with a history of persistent cough.

There a 4 types of PBB
Type I - mainly cystic with malignant cells
Type Ir - cystic without evidence for malignancy
Type III - Cystic with nodules
Type IV - Solid

Imaging included:
Ultrasound
CT
PET

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Henry Suarez RDMS, RVT