title: Video-assisted sleeve lobectomy for mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the left lower lobar bronchus: a case report.
abstract: We report what we believe to be the first case of video-assisted sleeve lobectomy in an adolescent girl who had experienced recurrent episodes of lobar pneumonia and received a diagnosis of low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the left lower lobar bronchus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Transplant Unit, University of Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santambrogio
authors.forename: Ugo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Cioffi
authors.forename: Matilde
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Simone
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rosso
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferrero
authors.forename: Annamaria
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giunta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*