Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma in a 12-Year-Old Boy.
- Author:
Yeo Hoon PARK
1
;
Jung Wan KANG
;
Kyung Won KIM
;
Eun Soo KIM
;
Hye Mi JEE
;
Myung Hyun SOHN
;
Se Hoon KIM
;
Myung Joon KIM
;
Dae Jun KIM
;
Kyu Earn KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics and Institute of Allergy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ekim@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma;
Child;
Neoplasms
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Asthma;
Bronchi;
Bronchodilator Agents;
Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid*;
Child*;
Cough;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Male*;
Mucoepidermoid Tumor;
Recurrence
- From:Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease
2007;17(4):420-424
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Bronchial mucoepidermoid tumors are rare, especially in children. They are commonly misdiagnosed as infections or asthma and treated with bronchodilators without resolution. Based on the available clinical outcome and survival data, it is believed that tracheobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma may be successfully managed by surgical intervention alone in children and adolescents. We report a case of a 12-year-old boy with low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the right intermediate bronchus that caused chronic cough. He underwent sleeve resection of the right bronchus and remained symptom-free without recurrence during the follow-up period of 16 months.
