Primary pulmonary primitive neuroectodermal tumor: CT and skeletal scintigraphic image features with pathologic correlation (2006: 6b)

Eur Radiol. 2006 Sep;16(9):2128-31. doi: 10.1007/s00330-006-0216-3. Epub 2006 Jul 25.

Abstract

We describe a rare case of a primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) originating in the lung of a 28-year-old woman. A lung mass was detected incidentally on a chest radiograph taken before a Caesarian delivery. The chest P-A view showed a well-defined, lobulated mass in the right lower lobe with a small pleural effusion on the right. A thoracic CT with contrast enhancement showed a lobulated, heterogeneous, enhanced mass of approximately 9.2 x 8.4 x 6.3 cm with inner amorphous calcifications in the right lower lobe and a small right pleural effusion. A right lower lobectomy was performed 1 month after delivery. The pathology report was a primary pulmonary PNET with focal visceral pleural involvement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging*
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Calcinosis / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / pathology*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Rare Diseases
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed