Pulmonary blastoma, a true congenital neoplasm*

Ashworth, T. G.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2559.1983.tb02270.x

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“…However, the 3 children in our series who had resection at 4 months of age all likely had congenital tumors. In addition, there have been at least 3 previous reports of neonates with PPB and several more with patients diagnosed younger than 6 months, all of whom likely had congenital disease [9,[17][18][19][20][21][22]. Thus, it is clear that PPB should be included in the differential diagnosis of a fetus or infant with a cystic or cystic and solid lung mass, and this possibility should be discussed in family counseling.…”

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confidence: 99%

Prenatal presentation and outcome of children with pleuropulmonary blastoma

Miniati

Chintagumpala

Langston

et al. 2006

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

108

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Prenatal presentation and outcome of children with pleuropulmonary blastoma

Miniati

Chintagumpala

Langston

et al. 2006

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

108

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“…However, the differences between the groups were not statistically significant, most likely due to the small number of cases (p = .145 in the results, but p = .006 by duplicating the cases). Five cases in this review, all published before 1994, solely relied on traditional hematoxylin-eosin staining and did not perform immunohistochemical staining to achieve the final diagnoses [22][23][24][25][26]. The other nine cases reviewed here all used immunohistochemical methods to make diagnoses.…”

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confidence: 99%

Sudden Death Due to Sarcoma: An Unusual Case and Literature Review

Wy²,

Shun³

2016

Journal of Forensic Science & Criminology

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Background: Sudden death has varied causes, and autopsy is usually required to determine cause of death. Sarcoma involvement is very infrequent, and detailed pathological evaluation is needed for correct diagnosis. When the medical history of the deceased is unavailable and autopsy is not performed, the true cause of death will not be established. Here we present an unusual case of sarcoma involving heart and lung. We also review 13 cases found in the literature with sarcoma involvement in sudden death. , which makes it more difficult to collect pertinent evidence and information. In such cases, forensic autopsy is usually performed; it is also usually required in order to gain any information. Even with autopsy, however, a small proportion of cases will not reveal a cause of death (COD). In these cases, the COD is categorized as "sudden unexplained death" [5,6]. Introduction Sudden ISSN: 2348-9804Results: The current case was a 58-year-old man found dead at home with a history of sarcoma and wide excision. The autopsy showed multiple tumors involving heart and lung. Microscopic findings showed a spindle cell tumor with prominent nuclear pleomorphism. Immunohistochemical studies revealed that the tumor cells were positive for vimentin only. Further analysis, combining the current case with 13 cases from the literature, showed no specific grading or types of sarcoma associated with sudden death. Six of the 14 cases were younger than 1 year old. Ten cases did not have a history of sarcoma prior to death, and 7 of these 10 cases had primary sarcoma sites in vital organs. In the 4 cases with sarcoma history, only 1 case showed a primary site developing in a vital organ. However, the differences in history between these groups were not significant (p = .145). Conclusion:No types or grading of sarcoma were found to be associated with sudden death. The cases without a prior medical history of sarcoma, compared to the cases with a sarcoma history, seemed to have primary sites in vital organs, but the results were not statistically significant. More studies are needed to clarify the relationship between the history and primary site of sarcoma and sudden death.

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“…The other tumor of the lung that may be confused with PPB because of similarities of nomenclature is the pulmonary blastoma (PB) [6,7]. PB is a tumor of adult life, so named because of its supposed resemblance to stages in fetal lung development.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%