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World J Clin Oncol. Dec 10, 2014; 5(5): 1113-1116
Published online Dec 10, 2014. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v5.i5.1113
Published online Dec 10, 2014. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v5.i5.1113
Adult pulmonary blastoma: Report of an unusual malignant lung tumor
Prospero Magistrelli, Luigi D’Ambra, Stefano Berti, Pierfrancesco Bonfante, Elisa Francone, Emilio Falco, Department of Surgery, POLL-ASL5, 19100 La Spezia, Italy
Antonella Vigani, Department of Oncology, POLL-ASL5, 19100 La Spezia, Italy
Author contributions: Magistrelli P, D’Ambra L, Berti S, Bonfante P, Francone E, Vigani A and Falco E contributed equally to this work; Magistrelli P, Bonfante P and Falco E designed the report and performed the surgical intervention; D’Ambra L, Berti S, Francone E and Vigani A collected the patient’s clinical data; Magistrelli P wrote the paper; D’Ambra L, Berti S, Bonfante P, Francone E, Vigani A and Falco E revised the article; Magistrelli P, D’Ambra L, Berti S, Bonfante P, Francone E, Vigani A and Falco E read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Luigi D’Ambra, MD, Department of Surgery, POLL-ASL5, Via Vittorio Veneto 197, 19100 La Spezia, Italy. luigidambra68@libero.it
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Received: March 4, 2014
Revised: June 24, 2014
Accepted: August 27, 2014
Published online: December 10, 2014
Processing time: 281 Days and 17.4 Hours
Revised: June 24, 2014
Accepted: August 27, 2014
Published online: December 10, 2014
Processing time: 281 Days and 17.4 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Pulmonary blastoma is a rare condition and diagnosis may be difficult to obtain. It is important to underline that the appropriate management of this unusual type of lesion can be achieved only by a multidisciplinary specialized team, able to plan the correct integrated strategy based on aggressive surgery and chemo-radiation therapy.