Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a rare cancer originating in the lung or pleural cavity. It occurs most often in infants and young children[1] but also has been reported in adults.[2] In a retrospective review of 204 children with lung tumors, pleuropulmonary blastoma and carcinoid tumor were the most common primary tumors (83% of the 204 children had secondary tumors spread from cancers elsewhere in the body).[1] Pleuropulmonary blastoma is regarded as malignant. The male:female ratio is approximately one.
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^Indolfi P, Casale F, Carli M, et al. (September 2000). "Pleuropulmonary blastoma: management and prognosis of 11 cases". Cancer. 89 (6): 1396–401. doi:10.1002/1097-0142(20000915)89:6<1396::AID-CNCR25>3.0.CO;2-2. PMID 11002236.
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