[Primary bronchial tumor in childhood--a case report].
Primary bronchial tumors are a rarity in childhood. According to the WHO-classification of 1981 Bronchial Carcinoid tumors and Mucoepidermoid carcinoms are listed as the most frequent histological types of the malignoma group and will be not longer associated with attributed benign tumors. In the literature especially the prognostic important early diagnosis and the difficulty of histological differentiation ist emphasized. In this paper is described a 12-year old girl suffering from a bronchial tumor. Throughout the 3 months of disease the diagnosis had been establisted by endoscopy. Surgically the resection of right middle and lower lobe was necessary. 7 years after bilobectomia the patient is without trouble of problems. The classification of the tumor ist problematic within the frame of in the WHO-classification and was discussed.
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D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology
Primärer Bronchialtumor im Kindesalter--Fallbericht.