Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the trachea with airway hyperresponsiveness.
We report a case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the trachea in a 23-year-old pregnant female in her 39th week. The patient had cough and wheezing in the early morning for 9 months before admission. No abnormalities were detected on a chest roentgenogram. At Caesarean section, fiberscopy revealed a polypoid lesion narrowing the trachea. The pathologic diagnosis made from the biopsy specimen obtained was low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma and the lesion was resected. Airway hyperresponsiveness was shown before resection with airflow limitation, however, airway reactivity and airflow limitation improved 1 year after resection.
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Japan.
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Watanabe
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Tomita
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Burioka
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Yajima
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Nakamura
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Ohgi
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Shimizu
D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D016535:Bronchial Hyperreactivity / Q000209:etiology*; D001985:Bronchial Provocation Tests; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013147:Spirometry; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery