Low grade mucoepidermoid tumour of the bronchus in childhood: a therapeutic dilemma.
Bronchial mucoepidermoid tumours (MET) are rare in children. Only 11 cases have been reported in the literature, all of them of the low grade type. A cure is achieved by complete surgical removal of the tumour and bronchoscopy is only used for detection and biopsy. The case of a 12-year-old boy with MET in the bronchus intermedius posed a therapeutic dilemma. In this case, non-intentional removal of the tumour was achieved by bronchoscopy and the patient had no further surgery. Repeated bronchoscopies failed to show recurrence of the tumour after 2.5 years.
D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors