Unilateral hyperlucency with left lower lobe mass in a patient with bronchial asthma.
Mucoepidermoid tumors are rare bronchial adenomas whose clinical presentation can mimic that of bronchial asthma. Bronchial adenoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of a patient with a persistent radiographic abnormality and clinical features of bronchial asthma. We present an adolescent female with a history suggestive of bronchial asthma and a persistent left lower lobe atelectasis, who later was found to have a low-grade mucoepidermoid tumor.
Patel
R G
RG
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson.
Norman
J R
JR
D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018298:Mucoepidermoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography