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Carlos G. deParedes, MD; William S. Pierce, MD; Dillard B. Groff, MD; John A. Waldhausen, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1970;100(5):574-576.

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Tumors of the bronchus are quite rare in children. Recent reviews include 21 cases of bronchial adenoma¹ and 16 cases of bronchogenic carcinoma² which have occurred in children. Isolated cases of sarcoma of the bronchus³ have also been reported.

Because of the rarity of these tumors, it appears worthwhile to describe two patients with bronchial adenoma and another with bronchogenic carcinoma seen at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Clinical Material

CASE 1.—A 12-year-old white girl was admitted with a history of cough and hemoptysis of two weeks' duration. She appeared to be in no distress, and the lungs were clear to auscultation. A chest roentgenogram showed a density adjacent to the aortic arch on the left side (Fig 1). At bronchoscopy, a mass was seen at the entrance of the left upper lobe bronchus. Biopsy of the mass was reported as "possible bronchial adenoma."

At thoracotomy, the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Philadelphia

From the Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 3, 1970.

Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104 (Dr. Pierce).

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