Details of Disease
General Information of Disease (ID: DISCUFBI)
| Disease Name | Pulmonary blastoma | |||||
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| Synonyms | blastoma of the lung; lung blastoma; blastoma of lung; pulmonary blastoma; Pneumoblastoma | |||||
| Definition |
A malignant neoplasm of the lung composed of tubular structures and immature mesenchymal elements, which may differentiate towards skeletal and smooth muscle, cartilage or a combination of muscle and cartilage. This is a nodular tumor found in the periphery of the lung. It can occur at any age. The prognosis is related to the stage of the disease at the time of resection. Pulmonary blastoma is divided into two subtypes: epithelial predominant and biphasic.
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