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Case Report

Korean J Pediatr. 2005;48(2):208-211. Published online February 15, 2005.

A Case of Basaloid Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma in an 11-year-old Boy

Nyeon Cheon NC Kim¹, Seung Soo SS Kim¹, Won Suk WS Seo¹, Kyeong Bae KB Park¹, Joon Soo JS Park¹, Sang Mann SM Shin¹, Hyun Deuk HD Cho²

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea
²Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea

Correspondence Kyeong Bae KB Park ,Email: pkb0830@sch.ac.kr

Abstract

Primary lung cancer is unusual in children; the squamous cell variant is extremely rare. Lung cancer is classified by histologic types into small-cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung caner, carcinoid, mucoepidermoid carcinoma, and adenoid cystic carcinoma. Furthermore, non-small cell lung cancer is subclassified into adenocarcinoma, large-cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma. The incidence of lung cancer is influenced by smoking, especially in squamous cell carcinoma, and large cell carcinoma. The present treatments for these tumors are chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgical resection depending on their histologic types or stages, but yield very poor survival rates. In this article, we report a case of basaloid squamous cell lung carcinoma in an 11-year-old boy who had symptoms of both leg weakness and back pain radiating to both legs. We confirmed the primary lung carcinoma cells by percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy. The metastatic carcinoma cells were identified at the bone marrow and lumbar spine. We treated with a combination chemotherapy and radiation therapy. However, he expired 4 months after the onset of disease.

Keywords :Children , Basaloid squamous cell lung carcinoma