Sleeve lobectomy of mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a 5-year-old girl.
A 5-year-old girl presented to our hospital with prolonged pneumonic symptoms over 3 months. After a complete work-up, she was diagnosed with endobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma and treated with a left upper sleeve lobectomy. The patient is cured and doing well, 8 months after the surgical resection.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea.
Yangki
Y
Seok
Eungbae
E
Lee
Sukki
S
Cho
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome