title: [A case of bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a 7-year-old girl].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakurada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kusajima
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inaoka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Komatsu
mesh_terms: 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