I. Kasuga et al., ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN-PRODUCING PULMONARY BLASTOMA IN A PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC-SCLEROSIS - PATHOGENETIC ANALYSIS, The European respiratory journal, 11(5), 1998, pp. 1185-1187
We describe a rare case of pulmonary blastoma complicated with systemi
c sclerosis, The serum alpha-fetoprotein level was elevated at present
ation and the biopsied tumour stained positively against anti-cc-fetop
rotein antibody. The cc-fetoprotein produced autonomously bg tumour ce
lls was of yolk-sac origin, Although the pathogenesis of pulmonary bla
stoma has not been clarified, we suggest that this pulmonary blastoma
is a type of yolk-sac tumour.