Pleuropulmonary blastoma is a rare malignancy in young adult and childhood

Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a rare childhood cancer occurs in the chest; specifically in the lungs or pleura with various histopathological appearances. Treatment for type I consist of surgery and possibly chemotherapy; for types II and III PPB surgery, chemotherapy and possibly radiation therapy. In this case report we present 2 patients with PPB which were unrecognized for several weeks and managed as pneumonia with pleural effusion. These cases are interesting because of the diagnostic difficulties and radiographic appearances