PEDIATRIC BRONCHIOLOALVEOLAR CARCINOMA - A FAVORABLE PEDIATRIC MALIGNANCY

Primary pulmonary tumors are infrequent in children. Bronchioloalveola r carcinoma has been documented rarely in the pediatric population. Be fore this report, there have been only three cases of bronchioloalveol ar carcinoma in patients less than 16 years of age. Our two cases repr esent two of the youngest cases (ages 6 and 15 years) reported with br onchioloalveolar carcinoma. They illustrate many of the typical findin gs of this disease including clinical presentation, diagnostic difficu lty, and better prognosis compared with other pulmonary malignancies. This neoplasm appears to have a favorable outcome in childhood. Copyri ght (C) 1998 by W.B. Saunders Company.