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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
Adult pulmonary blastoma: Report of an unusual malignant lung tumor
Prospero Magistrelli, Luigi D’Ambra, Stefano Berti, Pierfrancesco Bonfante, Elisa Francone, Antonella Vigani, Emilio Falco
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
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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.