Fetal Lung Interstitial Tumor (FLIT): A case series
Background: Fetal Lung Interstitial Tumor (FLIT) is a rare benign lung tumor. There have been 18 cases of FLIT described in the literature. FLIT is characterized by a region of arrested lung development and must be differentiated from other congenital lung lesions with poorer prognoses. Case Pres...
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Background: Fetal Lung Interstitial Tumor (FLIT) is a rare benign lung tumor. There have been 18 cases of FLIT described in the literature. FLIT is characterized by a region of arrested lung development and must be differentiated from other congenital lung lesions with poorer prognoses.
Case Presentation: We report the first two known cases of FLIT in Australia and New Zealand. In both cases, the patients developed respiratory distress at birth requiring intubation. Imaging revealed solid lesions and echocardiography demonstrated pulmonary hypertension. The patients underwent surgical resection without any complications or recurrence.
Conclusion: FLIT is a rare benign congenital lung tumor that can be adequately managed with surgical resection.
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| spelling | doaj.art-ceb134b5d7ae4157aefe50a7fab967442023-01-04T02:15:38ZengEL-Med-PubJournal of Neonatal Surgery2226-04392023-01-011210.47338/jns.v12.1141Fetal Lung Interstitial Tumor (FLIT): A case seriesKah Ann Ho0Noemi A Fuentes-Bolanos1Andrew J Gifford2Ashish Jiwane3Dylan Wanaguru4The Toby Bowring Department of Paediatric Surgery, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick NSW, Australia; School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW, Sydney NSW, AustraliaChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital, High Street, Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia; School of Women and Children’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaAnatomical Pathology, NSW Heath Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia; School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaThe Toby Bowring Department of Paediatric Surgery, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick NSW, Australia; School of Women and Children’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Randwick NSW, Australia The Toby Bowring Department of Paediatric Surgery, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick NSW, Australia; School of Women and Children’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Randwick NSW, Australia Background: Fetal Lung Interstitial Tumor (FLIT) is a rare benign lung tumor. There have been 18 cases of FLIT described in the literature. FLIT is characterized by a region of arrested lung development and must be differentiated from other congenital lung lesions with poorer prognoses. Case Presentation: We report the first two known cases of FLIT in Australia and New Zealand. In both cases, the patients developed respiratory distress at birth requiring intubation. Imaging revealed solid lesions and echocardiography demonstrated pulmonary hypertension. The patients underwent surgical resection without any complications or recurrence. Conclusion: FLIT is a rare benign congenital lung tumor that can be adequately managed with surgical resection. https://www.jneonatalsurg.com/ojs/index.php/jns/article/view/1141Fetal lung interstitial tumorPediatric lung tumorFetal lung massNeonatal tumorCase report |
| spellingShingle | Kah Ann Ho Noemi A Fuentes-Bolanos Andrew J Gifford Ashish Jiwane Dylan Wanaguru Fetal Lung Interstitial Tumor (FLIT): A case series Journal of Neonatal Surgery Fetal lung interstitial tumor Pediatric lung tumor Fetal lung mass Neonatal tumor Case report |
| title | Fetal Lung Interstitial Tumor (FLIT): A case series |
| title_full | Fetal Lung Interstitial Tumor (FLIT): A case series |
| title_fullStr | Fetal Lung Interstitial Tumor (FLIT): A case series |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fetal Lung Interstitial Tumor (FLIT): A case series |
| title_short | Fetal Lung Interstitial Tumor (FLIT): A case series |
| title_sort | fetal lung interstitial tumor flit a case series |
| topic | Fetal lung interstitial tumor Pediatric lung tumor Fetal lung mass Neonatal tumor Case report |
| url | https://www.jneonatalsurg.com/ojs/index.php/jns/article/view/1141 |
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