Pleuropulmonary blastoma
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Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a rare cancer originating in the lung or pleural cavity. It occurs most often in infants and young children[1] but also has been reported in adults.[2] In a retrospective review of 204 children with lung tumors, pleuropulmonary blastoma and carcinoid tumor were the most common primary tumors (83% of the 204 children had secondary tumors spread from cancers elsewhere in the body).[1] Pleuropulmonary blastoma is regarded as malignant. The male:female ratio is approximately one.