title: Bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma with recurrent hemoptysis in a pregnant woman: report of a case.
abstract: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tracheobronchial tree, which is thought to arise from the minor salivary gland tissue of the proximal airway, is an extremely rare neoplasm. We herein report a case of a 31-year-old pregnant woman in her 36th week, who complained of recurrent hemoptysis from bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma. As massive bleeding from the tumor was seen during a caesarean section, it was necessary to add bronchial artery embolization. The tumor was successfully removed by a sleeve resection of the left main bronchus after the embolization. The patient is doing well without any signs of recurrence at 3 years after undergoing the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Masaomi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamane
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toyooka
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oto
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Date