Clinical case of pulmonary blastoma in a child as a disguise of community-acquired pneumonia
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https://doi.org/10.15574/SP.2021.119.46Keywords:
children, pneumonia, blastoma, pulmonology, diagnosis, treatmentAbstract
Currently, the problem of diagnosing pleuropulmonary blastoma in children remains relevant, because this pathology often runs under the guise of other nosologies, including pneumonia, and is extremely difficult to diagnose. Currently there are no pathognomonic clinical symptoms, specific diagnostic criteria for this disease, almost 60% of patients have nonspecific symptoms.
This article presents a rare clinical case of biphasic pulmonary blastoma in a child who was examined and treated at the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Children's Clinikal Hospital Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Council. The main clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of biphasic blastoma of the lungs in a child based on the observation of a 5-year-old girl who was hospitalized for acute abdominal pain, chest pain and cough. After clinical — laboratory and instrumental methods of examination, right-sided pneumonia and exudative pleurisy were diagnosed. The set of treatment measures did not give the expected positive effect, improving the patient's condition. Additional testing is required for suspected breast cancer. It has been established that the best method for verifying the diagnosis of pulmonary blastoma is multislice computed tomography with intravenous bolus contrast and immunohistochemical examination of the biopsy. The methods of treatment used in this case, including anti-inflammatory and polychemotherapy according to the scheme, the use of radical treatment at the National Cancer Institute in Kyiv — surgery right pneumonectomy with pericardial resection. The child is currently in stable remission for 4.5 years.
The described clinical case demonstrates the difficulty of diagnosing lung blastoma in children due to the lack of typical clinical manifestations.
The research was carried out in accordance with the principles of the Helsinki declaration. The informed consent of the patient was obtained for conducting the studies.
No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.
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