A Case of Bronchial Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma with Chronic Cough.
- Author:
Kyeong Hee SUH
1
;
Soo Jung LEE
;
Jin Hee OH
;
Jong Hyun KIM
;
Dae Kyun KOH
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Bronchus;
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma;
Chronic cough;
Child
- MeSH:
Bronchi;
Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid*;
Child;
Cough*;
Female;
Hemoptysis;
Humans;
Lung Neoplasms;
Pneumonia
- From:Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease
1999;9(2):233-237
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the bronchus is a very rare tumor comprising only 0.1-0.2% of primary lung cancers and characterized by mixture of mucus-secreting cells, squamous cells, and cells of intermediate type. It occurs in any age from 3 months to 78 years, but nearly half of the cases are younger than 30 years. It usually occurs in the main or lobar bronchi as a soft, vascular polypoid mass that induces bronchial obstruction, recurrent pneumonia, chronic cough, and/or hemoptysis. Although mucoepidermoid carcinomas of the bronchi are known to have malignant potential, generally appear to behave in benign fashion in children and making conservative pulmonary resection sufficient and adequate as a therapy. We describe a case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of proximal left lower lobe bronchus in 10-year-old girl, nearly completely obstructing the lower lobe bronchus and partially obstructing the upper lobe bronchus.
