[A case of bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a 8-year-old child treated with right upper sleeve lobectomy].
A 8-year-old boy was admitted to our hospital with complaint of cough and abnormal shadow on chest X-ray. Bronchoscopy and biopsy revealed a bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma, which obstructed right main bronchus. Right upper sleeve lobectomy was performed. The histological examination revealed a low grade malignant mucoepidermoid carcinoma. There were no metastases in the mediastinal lymph nodes. He has been healthy with no evidence of recurrence during 4 years after operation.
Inoue
T
T
Department of Surgery, Ehime National Hospital, Japan.
Maeda
H
H
Ikeda
M
M
Tani
Y
Y
Imachi
T
T
Maeda
M
M
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods