title: [A rare tracheal malignant tumor: mucoepidermoid carcinoma (a case report)].
abstract: An 18-year-old male preferred to our clinic with hemoptysis, cough, dyspnea and stridor. A wide-based polypoid tumor that was localized at the right wall of the distal trachea was observed over 3 cm from the carina by flexible bronchoscope. Computerized tomography showed an intraluminal soft tissue density mass in the trachea. Though right thoracotomy, a tracheal resection that contains three rings of the trachea with malignant lesion was performed. Pathologic examination reported a tracheal mucoepidermoid carcinoma. The patient is alive without recurrence three years after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Antalya SSK Hospital, Thoracic Surgery, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Necdet
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oz
authors.forename: Alpay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarper
authors.forename: Seyda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karaveli
authors.forename: Oktay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aslaner
authors.forename: Abid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demircan
authors.forename: Erol
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Işin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery