RARE TUMORS OF THE LUNG IN CHILDREN
Articles > Article · 2002
Authors: Mehmet KANTAR, NAZAN ÇETİNGÜL, Ali VERAL, Savaş KANSOY, Coşkun ÖZCAN, HÜSEYİN HÜDAVER ALPER
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2002, vol 19, pp 421-428
DOI: 10.1080/08880010290097189
Summary
The authors report rare and different types of lung tumors in 4 children. The first case is an 8-year-old boy with mucoepidermoid carcinoma, the second case is a 9-year-old girl with neuroendocrine carcinoma, the third is a 14-year-old girl with fetal lung adenocarcinoma (FLAC), and the last is a 16-year-old girl with bronchioloalveolar carcinoma. Among these tumors, FLAC has not been reported in children so far. Each tumor type displayed a different prognosis in the follow-up period. In the differential diagnosis of primary lung tumors, carcinoid tumor, bronchogenic carcinoma, and pulmonary blastoma are frequently encountered, but these rare tumor types should be borne in mind.