[Mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a young man treated by bronchoplasty].
A 17-year-old man in whom mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the left upper lobe bronchus was successfully treated by bronchoplasty. The patient has been suffered from relapsing respiratory infections over the past 2 years. Bronchoscopic examination revealed a tumor at the orifice of the left upper lobe bronchus. Thus, left upper sleeve lobectomy was carried out. The tumor was 18 x 15 x 14 mm in size and obstructed left upper bronchus with mucoid impaction peripherally. Hystological examination confirmed a diagnosis of low grade malignant mucoepidermoid carcinoma without lymph node metastasis. The patient has been well and free from recurrence for 4 years postoperatively.
Minami
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H
Department of Surgery, Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan.
Sano
I
I
Matsuo
S
S
Oikawa
M
M
Takagi
K
K
Iwasaki
K
K
D000293:Adolescent; D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery*; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001995:Bronchography; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy