Stephan L Waelti1, Laurent Garel2, Dorothée Dal Soglio3, Françoise Rypens1, Michael Messerli4, Josée Dubois1. 1. Department of Medical Imaging, Sainte-Justine Hospital, University of Montreal, 3175 Cote-Sainte-Catherine Road, Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1C5, Canada. 2. Department of Medical Imaging, Sainte-Justine Hospital, University of Montreal, 3175 Cote-Sainte-Catherine Road, Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1C5, Canada. laurent_garel@ssss.gouv.qc.ca. 3. Department of Pathology, Sainte-Justine Hospital, University of Montreal, 3175 Cote-Sainte-Catherine Road, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 4. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The differential diagnosis for primary lung masses in neonates includes a variety of developmental abnormalities; it also consists of the much rarer congenital primary lung tumors: cystic pleuropulmonary blastoma (cystic PPB), fetal lung interstitial tumor (FLIT), congenital peribronchial myofibroblastic tumor (CPMT), and congenital fibrosarcoma. Radiologic differentiation between malformations and tumors is often very challenging. OBJECTIVE: The objective was to establish distinctive features between developmental pulmonary abnormalities and primary lung tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study of 135 congenital lung lesions at a university mother and child center over a period of 10 years (2005-2015). During this time, we noted four tumors (two cystic PPBs and two FLITs) and 131 malformations. We recorded the following parameters: timing of conspicuity in utero (mid-second trimester, third trimester, or not seen prenatally), presence of symptoms at birth, prenatal and perinatal radiologic findings, and either histological diagnoses by pathology or follow-up imaging in non-operated cases. RESULTS: All lesions except the four tumors were detected during mid-second-trimester ultrasound. In none of the tumors was any pulmonary abnormality found on the mid-second-trimester sonogram, contrary to the developmental pulmonary abnormalities. CONCLUSION: The timing of conspicuity in utero appears to be a key feature for the differentiation between malformations and tumors. Lesions that were not visible at the mid-second-trimester ultrasound should be considered as tumor. A cystic lung lesion in the context of a normal mid-second-trimester ultrasound is highly suggestive of a cystic PPB. Differentiating the types of solid congenital lung tumors based upon imaging features is not yet feasible.
BACKGROUND: The differential diagnosis for primary lung masses in neonates includes a variety of developmental abnormalities; it also consists of the much rarer congenital primary lung tumors: cystic pleuropulmonary blastoma (cystic PPB), fetal lung interstitial tumor (FLIT), congenital peribronchial myofibroblastic tumor (CPMT), and congenital fibrosarcoma. Radiologic differentiation between malformations and tumors is often very challenging. OBJECTIVE: The objective was to establish distinctive features between developmental pulmonary abnormalities and primary lung tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study of 135 congenital lung lesions at a university mother and child center over a period of 10 years (2005-2015). During this time, we noted four tumors (two cystic PPBs and two FLITs) and 131 malformations. We recorded the following parameters: timing of conspicuity in utero (mid-second trimester, third trimester, or not seen prenatally), presence of symptoms at birth, prenatal and perinatal radiologic findings, and either histological diagnoses by pathology or follow-up imaging in non-operated cases. RESULTS: All lesions except the four tumors were detected during mid-second-trimester ultrasound. In none of the tumors was any pulmonary abnormality found on the mid-second-trimester sonogram, contrary to the developmental pulmonary abnormalities. CONCLUSION: The timing of conspicuity in utero appears to be a key feature for the differentiation between malformations and tumors. Lesions that were not visible at the mid-second-trimester ultrasound should be considered as tumor. A cystic lung lesion in the context of a normal mid-second-trimester ultrasound is highly suggestive of a cystic PPB. Differentiating the types of solid congenital lung tumors based upon imaging features is not yet feasible.
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