title: Primary polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma of lung treated by sleeve bronchial resection: a case report.
abstract: We report a surgical case of primary polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma (PLGA) of the minor salivary gland-type of the lung. A PLGA originating from the right upper lobar bronchial inlet was successfully treated by sleeve right upper lobectomy. PLGAs are thought to be indolent tumors that are preferentially localized to the palate, and they affect the minor salivary glands almost exclusively. Until now, two cases of distant metastases to the lung have been reported in the English literature. To the best of our knowledge, only one case of PLGA of minor salivary gland-type of the lung without evidence of a previous oropharyngeal primary tumor has been reported in the English literature. But the case was not a single lesion; it was bilateral tumors accompanied by tumors of the cervical lymph nodes. We report here the first case of a single primary PLGA of the minor salivary gland-type of the lung, which was successfully treated by sleeve bronchial resection of right upper lobe.
authors: Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, St.Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 93-6 Ji-dong, Paldal-gu, Suwon, Korea. kyudias@cvnet.co.kr
authors: Kyu Do
authors: KD
authors: Cho
authors: Ji Han
authors: JH
authors: Jung
authors: Deog Gon
authors: DG
authors: Cho
authors: Min Seop
authors: MS
authors: Jo
authors: Jinyoung
authors: J
authors: Yoo
authors: So Hyang
authors: SH
authors: Song
authors: Byoung Yong
authors: BY
authors: Shim
authors: Chi Hong
authors: CH
authors: Kim
authors: Hoon-Kyo
authors: HK
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome