[Acute affection of the thorax in children for pulmonary blastoma].

Background: In children, acute affectation of the thorax is presented during pleuropulmonary infection, bronchopulmonary malformation and malignant tumors. We had the opportunity to treat patients with malignant tumors in the thorax and we present our findings.

Clinical Cases: We studied three patients with the diagnosis of pleuropulmonary blastoma.

[The Mexican Board of Pathology: microscopy examination before and after digital microscopy].

Introduction: The examination carried out by the COMMAP for the certification process assessed pathologist formed in dissimilar institutions. In 2007 COMMAP’s governing body in turn, decided to digitize it. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the conversion to virtual slides in the microscopy section, compared with the traditional have had an impact on the scores of the candidates.