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Pleuropulmonary blastema with cystic nephroma — A rare presentation and surgical dilemma

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Pleuropulmonary balstema with cystic nephroma is a rare dual pathology of pediatric age group. The etiopathogenesis of this entity is not known, still researches indicate towards a common genetic cause. We report a case of this dual pathology in a one and half year old male. Till now only 5 cases have been reported.

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Medical College, Kolkata, India

    Akhilesh K. Agarwal, Sukanta Das, Anshu Agarwal, Deepak Ghosh, Nilay Chaterjee & Madhu S. Pal

  2. Clinical Tutor, C/o Mr. Ratan Pd Agarwal Advocate, Shree Market, Station Road, Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, 271002, India

    Akhilesh K. Agarwal

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Agarwal, A.K., Das, S., Agarwal, A. et al. Pleuropulmonary blastema with cystic nephroma — A rare presentation and surgical dilemma. Indian J Pediatr 75, 1266–1268 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-008-0212-5

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