Premitive neuro-ectodermal tumour of the lung

Gajanan S Gaude; Pradeep Patil; Prakash Malur; Shivappa Annurshetru

doi:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2011.07.02

Premitive neuro-ectodermal tumour of the lung

J Thorac Dis. 2015 Dec;7(12):E682-5. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2011.07.02.

Authors

Gajanan S Gaude¹, Pradeep Patil¹, Prakash Malur¹, Shivappa Annurshetru¹

Affiliation

¹ 1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, 2 Department of Radiodiagnosis, 3 Department of Pathology, 4 Department of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, India.

PMID: 26793390
PMCID: PMC4703674
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2011.07.02

Abstract

Primitive neuro-ectodermal tumour of the lung is an extremely rare occurrence and we hereby report a case of a neuro-ectodermal tumour of the lung which was proved by immuno-histochemical examination of the resected specimen, and he had a very aggressive pattern of behavior.

Keywords: Primitive neuroectodermal tumour; lung; surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports