Successful Radical Pneumonectomy for a Primitive Neuroendodermal Tumor in the Lung: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Successful Radical Pneumonectomy for a Primitive Neuroendodermal Tumor in the Lung: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Peripheral primitive neuroendodermal tumors (PNETs) and Ewing's sarcoma belong to the Ewing family of tumors and are small round-cell malignancies originating from spinal cord cells. These tumors account for 5% of all small round-cell malignant neoplasms. PNETs that arise from the lung parenchy...

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Main Authors: Bingqing Yue, Peng Chen, Pan Yin, Jiankai Wang, Fanying Liu, Duo Zhao, Jingyu Chen, Hua Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
Subjects:
primitive neuroendodermal tumors
pneumonectomy
prognosis
diagnosis
small round cell malignant tumors
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2021.667467/full

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