[Mucoepidermoid bronchial carcinoma. Review of the literature apropos of a new case].
Muco-epidermoid bronchial tumours are rare and characterized by the coexistence of epidermoid, mucus-secreting and intermediate cells. The authors report the case of a 22-year old unmarried woman hospitalized for exploration of a febrile dyspnoea related to a right superior lobar atelectasis. Endoscopy showed a smooth, pediculate tumour arising from the right superior lobar bronchus where bronchial biopsy was negative. Right superior lobectomy was performed through thoracotomy and established the diagnosis of muco-epidermoid bronchial tumour. Surgery was followed by radiotherapy of the chest. Over a 5-year follow-up period there was no local or extrathoracic recurrence, and the patient is in good condition.
Lamotte
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Service de Pneumologie, C.H.U., Poitiers.
Meurice
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Dore
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Toty
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Levillain
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Underner
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Patte
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D000328:Adult; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods
Carcinomes bronchiques muco-épidermoïdes. Revue générale à l'occasion d'une nouvelle observation.