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A familial case of pleuropulmonary blastoma.
European journal of pediatric surgery : official journal of Austrian Association of Pediatric Surgery ... [et al] = Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie - 1 Jun 2008
Gutweiler J R, Labelle J, Suh M Y, Misra M V, Ahmed M, Lee E Y, Vargas S O, Kim H B, Weldon C B
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PURPOSE: Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a rare intrathoracic neoplasm of early childhood arising in the lung or visceral pleura. Approximately 150 cases have been reported in the literature, with only one previously documented case of PPB in siblings. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We present the case of two brothers diagnosed with PPB. RESULTS: A two month-old boy with an abnormal breathing pattern was referred for...
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