[A case of bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a 7-year-old girl].
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the lung presenting in childhood is extremely uncommon. A 7-year-old girl was referred to our hospital with complaint of persistent cough and abnormal shadow on the chest roentgenogram. Bronchoscopic biopsy revealed a bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma and a left pneumonectomy was performed. The histopathological examination revealed intermediate grade malignancy without any metastasis in mediastinal lymph nodes. She is now doing well without any evidence of recurrence 2 years after the operation.
Sakurada
T
T
Second Department of Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan.
Kusajima
K
K
Watanabe
A
A
Inaoka
M
M
Komatsu
S
S
D017668:Age of Onset; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011013:Pneumonectomy