title: Surgical resection of mucoepidermoid carcinoma at the carina in a 9-year-old boy.
abstract: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of trachea and bronchi is a rare tumor, especially in children. The authors report a case of 9-year-old boy with mucoepidermoid carcinoma at the carina. His presenting symptoms were hemoptysis of recent onset and intermittent cough of 2 years' duration. Preoperative assessment of the tumor was an intraluminal polypoid mass arising from the carina extending into the trachea and right main stem bronchus. A complete resection with reconstruction of carina was successful. The tumor was 12 mm in size, polypoid with a broad base. It had characteristic features of a low-grade mucoepidermoid tumor, namely, admixture of islands of intermediate cells and glandular components with invasion of submucosa. The patient is now 15 months postsurgery free of disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*