title: [Mucoepidermoid tracheo-bronchial tumors in adulthood. A series of 22 cases].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Mucoepidermoid tumours (TME) are rare tumours arising from the submucosal glands of the tracheobronchial tree. The majority of these tumours develop in a benign fashion but some of them are malignant. The latter can be easily mistaken for adenosquamous carcinomas.
  
  
  METHODS
  We have reviewed 22 patients suffering from TME observed over a period of 25 years. Two arose from the trachea and 20 from the cartilaginous bronchi; 12 of these tumours had macroscopic and histological criteria of low-grade malignancy, 4 had macroscopic and 6 macroscopic and microscopic criteria of high grade malignancy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Prognosis of the latter was very poor and no survival observed after 6 years follow-up, a behavior similar to that observed in non-small cell lung carcinomas and adenosquamous carcinomas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The best treatment of these orphan tumours remains surgery.
authors: Service de chirurgie thoracique, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, université Paris-Descartes, 75015 Paris, France.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Abdennadher
authors: Service de chirurgie thoracique, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, université Paris-Descartes, 75015 Paris, France.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Rivera
authors: Service d'anatomie pathologique, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, université Paris-Descartes, 75015 Paris, France.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Gibault
authors: Service d'oncologie, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, université Paris-Descartes, 75015 Paris, France.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Fabre
authors: Service de chirurgie thoracique, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, université Paris-Descartes, 75015 Paris, France.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Pricopi
authors: Service de chirurgie thoracique, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, université Paris-Descartes, 75015 Paris, France.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Arame
authors: Service de chirurgie thoracique, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, université Paris-Descartes, 75015 Paris, France.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Foucault
authors: Service de chirurgie thoracique, centre médico-chirurgical du Cèdre, 76230 Bois Guillaume, France.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Dujon
authors: Service de chirurgie thoracique, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, université Paris-Descartes, 75015 Paris, France.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Le Pimpec Barthes
authors: Service de chirurgie thoracique, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, université Paris-Descartes, 75015 Paris, France. Electronic address: marc.riquet@egp.aphp.fr.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Riquet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018298:Mucoepidermoid Tumor / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D060787:Neoplasm Grading; D011379:Prognosis; D013510:Pulmonary Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adenosquamous carcinoma; Bronches; Bronchi; Cancer adénosquameux; Chirurgie; Mucoepidermoid tumour; Surgery; Trachea; Trachée; Tumeurs muco-épidermoïdes