Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Current Issue
  • Archive
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Editorial Policies
    • Advertisers
    • Editorial Board
    • Special Issues 2025
  • Journal Metrics
  • Other Publications
    • Anticancer Research
    • Cancer Genomics & Proteomics
    • Cancer Diagnosis & Prognosis
  • More
    • IIAR
    • Conferences
  • About Us
    • General Policy
    • Contact
  • Other Publications
    • In Vivo
    • Anticancer Research
    • Cancer Genomics & Proteomics

User menu

  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart

Search

  • Advanced search
In Vivo
  • Other Publications
    • In Vivo
    • Anticancer Research
    • Cancer Genomics & Proteomics
  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart
In Vivo

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Current Issue
  • Archive
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Editorial Policies
    • Advertisers
    • Editorial Board
    • Special Issues 2025
  • Journal Metrics
  • Other Publications
    • Anticancer Research
    • Cancer Genomics & Proteomics
    • Cancer Diagnosis & Prognosis
  • More
    • IIAR
    • Conferences
  • About Us
    • General Policy
    • Contact
  • Visit iiar on Facebook
  • Follow us on Linkedin
Research ArticleClinical Studies

Imaging Findings in a 3-year-old Girl with Type III Pleuropulmonary Blastoma

J. GEIGER, K. WALTER, M. UHL, T.A. BLEY, E. JÜTTNER, I. BRINK, A. KIRSCHBAUM and U. KONTNY
In Vivo November 2007, 21 (6) 1119-1122;
J. GEIGER
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: julia.geiger@uniklinik-freiburg.de
K. WALTER
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
M. UHL
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
T.A. BLEY
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
E. JÜTTNER
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
I. BRINK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
A. KIRSCHBAUM
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
U. KONTNY
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF
Loading

Abstract

Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a rare dysembryonic intrathoracic neoplasm in children. It is a malignant tumour originating from the mesenchyme with a poor prognosis. We report on a 3-year-old girl who presented with respiratory symptoms and was diagnosed as having a type III PPB according to histological results attained by open biopsy. Imaging by CT and MRI revealed the exact size of the tumour involving the left lower lobe with displacement of the mediastinum and the diaphragm. Additional FDG-PET was important to evaluate tumour vitality and to decide the time of surgery, which was performed after 12 weeks of chemotherapy with the CWS2002P protocol. After R0 resection without complications and postoperative chemotherapy, the child continues to be in complete remission. This case underlines the importance of radical surgery of the aggressive neoplasm in combination with chemotherapy and the usefulness of multimodal imaging for the optimal planning of local therapy.

  • Pleuropulmonary blastoma
  • MRI
  • CT
  • FDG-PET
  • chemotherapy

Footnotes

  • Received June 25, 2007.
  • Revision received September 10, 2007.
  • Accepted September 24, 2007.
  • Copyright © 2007 International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. John G. Delinassios), All rights reserved
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

In Vivo
Vol. 21, Issue 6
November-December 2007
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • Index by author
  • Front Matter (PDF)
Download PDF
Article Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on In Vivo.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Imaging Findings in a 3-year-old Girl with Type III Pleuropulmonary Blastoma
(Your Name) has sent you a message from In Vivo
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the In Vivo web site.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
1 + 0 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.
Citation Tools
Imaging Findings in a 3-year-old Girl with Type III Pleuropulmonary Blastoma
J. GEIGER, K. WALTER, M. UHL, T.A. BLEY, E. JÜTTNER, I. BRINK, A. KIRSCHBAUM, U. KONTNY
In Vivo Nov 2007, 21 (6) 1119-1122;

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Reprints and Permissions
Share
Imaging Findings in a 3-year-old Girl with Type III Pleuropulmonary Blastoma
J. GEIGER, K. WALTER, M. UHL, T.A. BLEY, E. JÜTTNER, I. BRINK, A. KIRSCHBAUM, U. KONTNY
In Vivo Nov 2007, 21 (6) 1119-1122;
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One

Jump to section

  • Article
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • PubMed
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Surgical Treatment and Prognosis of Soft Tissue Sarcoma in Patients Aged 85 Years and Older
  • Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio as a Biomarker for Postoperative Complications in Crohn’s Disease
  • IgA Nephropathy Associated With Infliximab Treatment in Patients With Crohn’s Disease: Study of IgA1 and IgA2 Expression in Glomeruli
Show more Clinical Studies

Similar Articles

In Vivo

© 2025 In Vivo

Powered by HighWire