Thoracic Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor: An Unusual Case and Literature Review

Table 1

Primary pulmonary primitive neuroectodermal tumor patients in the literature.

Case	Year	Sex	Age	Tumor location	Treatment	Followup	Reference
1	1998	F	25	LLL	Resection only	DOD at 24 months	[2]
2	1998	M	15	LLL	Resection only	A&W at 24 months	[2]
3	2000	F	30	RLL	Neoadjuvant CT/resection/adjuvant CT	A&W at 16 months	[5]
4	2000	M	41	LUL	Neoadjuvant CT/resection	A&W at 22 months	[5]
5	2001	F	26	L hilum	Neoadjuvant CT/resection/adjuvant CRT	DOD at 8 months	[6]
6	2001	M	18	RML	Resection only	DOD at 24 months	[7]
7	2001	F	17	RLL	Resection/adjuvant CRT	DOD at 9 months	[8]
8	2007	M	8	RUL	Resection/neoadjuvant CT	A&W at 9 months	[9]
9	2009	F	22	Lung, NOS	Neoadjuvant CT/resection/adjuvant CRT	A&W at 32 months	[10]
10	2009	F	28	Lung, NOS	Resection/adjuvant CRT	A&W at 18 months	[10]
11	2009	M	22	Lung, NOS	Resection/adjuvant CRT	DOD at 18 months	[10]
12	2009	M	47	Lung, NOS	Neoadjuvant CT/resection/adjuvant CT	A&W at 34 months	[10]
13	2010	M	44	RUL	Resection/adjuvant CT	DOD at 5 months	[11]
14	2012	M	22	RUL	Resection only	NK	[4]
15	2012	M	27	LUL	Resection/adjuvant CT	DOD at 24 months	[4]
16	2012	F	29	LUL	Resection/adjuvant CT	DOD at 36 months	[4]
17	2012	M	31	RLL	Resection/adjuvant CT	DOD at 54 months	[4]
18	2012	M	29	RUL	Resection only	NK	[4]
19	2012	F	56	RML	Neoadjuvant CT/resection/adjuvant CT	A&W at 11 months	[4]
20	2013	M	75	LUL	CT only	A&W at 17 months	This case

M: male, F: female, NK: not known, RUL: right upper lobe, LUL: left upper lobe, RLL: right lower lobe, RML: right middle lobe, L: left, NOS: not otherwise specified, CT: chemotherapy, RT: radiotherapy, CRT: chemoradiation, A&W: alive and well, DOD: dead of disease.