[Surgically treated mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a 6-year-old boy; report of a case].
A 6-year-old boy was admitted to our hospital with a history of recurrent obstructive pneumonia and hemoptysis. A chest computed tomography (CT) showed atelectasis in the left lower lobe. Angiograpy, which was performed for the suspicion of pulmonary sequestration, showed no feeding artery and revealed bleeding from the bronchial artery in the left lower lobe. As hemoptysis would not stop, an emergency left lower lobectomy was performed. Macroscopic examination of the resected specimen revealed a mass measuring 20 x 15 x 17 mm in the S8 proximal lung parenchyma, bronchiectasis, and an abscess in the distal lung parenchyma. Histopathologic examination determined the tumor was a mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Immunohistochemical staining revealed some tumor cells were positive for CA 19-9. The child has not had a recurrence 3 years postoperatively.
Tomiyama
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Department of Chest Surgery, Kitano Hospital, The Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute, Osaka, Japan.
Ishida
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Miyake
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M
Taki
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T
Koh
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Okuno
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T
D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy