[Endodermal pulmonary tumor resembling a fetal lung]

Rev Mal Respir. 1999 Jun;16(3):387-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report a case of a 56-year-old man who developed a flu-like syndrome associated with weight loss. Chest X-ray revealed a homogeneous round lesion of the lung with sharply defined margins in the central lobe. At pathology, the tumor was found to be an endodermal pulmonary tumor resembling a fetal lung. This uncommon tumor is generally a fortuitous chest X-ray finding seen as a rounded peripheral opacity. Diagnosis is based on pathology examination of the surgical specimen. Complementary investigations are not contributory. Unlike blastoma, a differential diagnosis, prognosis is generally good.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Endodermal Sinus Tumor / diagnostic imaging
  • Endodermal Sinus Tumor / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Lung / embryology
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography, Thoracic