A Case of Bronchial Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma in Child.
- Author:
In Jeong KIM
1
;
Jin Soo HWANG
;
In Seok KIM
;
Byung Ju KIM
;
Jae Sook MA
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Yosu Chonnam Hospital, Yosu, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma;
Bronchus;
Child
- MeSH:
Bronchi;
Bronchoscopy;
Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid*;
Child*;
Cough;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Male;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Pulmonary Atelectasis;
Recurrence
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
1999;42(4):580-583
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma is very rarely encountered in children. We report a case of bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a 10-year-old boy who presented with persistent cough and atelectasis. Bronchoscopic examination showed a tumor mass occluding the right bronchus intermedius, and the mass was removed by bronchoscopy. The results of the pathological examination revealed low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma. He underwent right middle and lower lobectomy with bronchoplasty, and there was no metastasis. He remains symptom-free without recurrence of bronchial tumor during the follow-up period of 12 months.
