Pleuropulmonary Blastoma (PPB) in an infant: Is the timing of an elective resection of neonatal lung lesions challenged?

• Main Authors: Robert Simon (Author), Elizabeth McIntyre (Author), Paras Khandhar (Author), Jacqueline Macknis (Author), Anne C. Fischer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformations (CPAMs) are abnormalities of lung parenchyma that are often diagnosed upon prenatal imaging as opposed to postnatal symptoms. With a clinical presentation identical to CPAMs, Pleuropulmonary Blastoma (PPB) is a rare pulmonary neoplasm of highly malignant pot...