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Yasutaka Niitu, MD; Hideo Kubota, MD; Sumio Hasegawa, MD; Masahiro Horikawa, MD; Shigeo Komatsu, MD; Tomiko Suetake, MD; Shigebumi Fujimura, MD; Yasuguki Nagashima, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1974;127(1):108-111.

Abstract
Primary lung cancer is rare in childhood. An asymptomatic 15-year-old boy was found to have a solitary circular shadow by a mass chest photofluorographic survey. The clinical course strongly suggested malignant tumor. Lobectomy three months after the detection of the shadow showed squamous cell carcinoma. At present, 3 years after surgery, the patient is healthy and attending school. Cases of primary lung cancer in childhood are reviewed.

Author Affiliations
Sendai, Japan

From the departments of pediatrics (Drs. Niitu, Kubota, Hasegawa, Horikawa, Komatsu, and Suetake) and surgery (Drs. Fujimura and Nagashima), Research Institute for Tuberculosis, Leprosy, and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

Footnotes
Received for publication March 7, 1973; accepted Aug 3.

Reprint requests to Department of Pediatrics, Research Institute for Tuberculosis, Leprosy, Tohoku University, Hirosemachi 4-12, Sendai, Japan (Dr. Niitu).

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