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Case Reports

Pleuropulmonary Blastoma in the Area of a Diagnosed Congenital Lung Cyst

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, University and Scientific Institute H San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
^b Department of Pathology, University and Scientific Institute H San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Accepted for publication August 8, 2007.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Libretti, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University and Scientific Institute H San Raffaele, via Olgettina 60, Milan, 20132, Italy (Email: libretti.lidia{at}hsr.it).

Pleuropulmonary blastoma is a rare and aggressive neoplasm typically occurring in young children, even in newborns. Onset of the disease can be identified in the area of a previously diagnosed lung cyst. We report a case of a child previously diagnosed as having a right congenital lung cyst who had a pleuropulmonary blastoma developing in the same area. He underwent surgical resection of the neoplasm followed by chemotherapy. After 20 months he is alive and well.