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Pulmonaal carcinoïd bij een tiener, zich presenterend als een persisterende verdichting op de thoraxfoto

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Tijdschrift voor kindergeneeskunde

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A case is described of a 13-year old girl presenting with a persistent solid mass on her chest X-ray. Because she was asymptomatic, an expectant policy was maintained for two years. She was finally diagnosed with pulmonary carcinoid which had to be treated with pneumonectomy. A persistent solid lung mass on a chest X-ray deserves an aggressive diagnostic and therapeutic approach.

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Een casus wordt beschreven van een meisje van 13 jaar dat zich presenteert met een persisterende solide beschaduwing op de thoraxfoto. Nadat twee jaar een expectatief beleid is gevoerd omdat het meisje niet of nauwelijks klachten had, bleek het uiteindelijk te gaan om een carcinoïd, waarvoor pneumonectomie noodzakelijk was. Bij kinderen met een persisterende solide schaduw op de thoraxfoto verdient een voortvarend diagnostisch en therapeutisch beleid de voorkeur boven een afwachtende houding.

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Dr. P.L.P. Brand, kinderarts-pulmonoloog, afdeling Kindergeneeskunde, Isala klinieken, Zwolle. Mw.dr. A. Postma, kinderoncoloog, afdeling Kinderoncologie Beatrix Kinderkliniek, Academisch Ziekenhuis, Groningen.

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Brand, P.L.P., Postma, A. Pulmonaal carcinoïd bij een tiener, zich presenterend als een persisterende verdichting op de thoraxfoto. KIND 72, 124–127 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03061498

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