title: Childhood bronchial mucoepidermoid tumors: A case report and literature review.
abstract: Primary pulmonary neoplasms rarely occur in children, but the majority of those that do are malignant. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) represents ~10% of all primary pulmonary malignant tumors. However, MEC is not usually considered in the clinical differential diagnosis in pediatric practice. The present study presents the case of a seven-year-old female with a one-year history of recurrent hemoptysis. Computerized tomography (CT) scans revealed a tumor originating in the right lower lobe bronchus. The patient did not receive any radiation and chemotherapy following a lobectomy on the right lower lung. The tumor was histopathologically determined to be an MEC of the tracheobronchial tree. Subsequent to a six-year follow-up, the MEC was undetectable in this patient, according to the clinical and radiological evidence. The literature with regard to pediatric MEC is also reviewed in this study.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xiaozhe
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Wenbiao
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Ziang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cao
keywords: children; lung cancer; pediatric mucoepidermoid carcinoma