title: Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Tracheobronchial Tree.
abstract: Primary salivary type lung cancers are extremely rare intrathoracic malignancies. Mucoepidermoid tumor is one of the salivary gland tumors that originates from submucosal glands of the tracheobronchial tree. These are very slow-growing low-grade malignant tumors. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment and rarely requires adjuvant therapy. In this case report we describe a 65-year-old woman who presented with a solitary cough yet on further investigation was found to have a mucoepidermoid tumor originating from the hilum of the left lung.
authors.affiliation: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Walid K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Abu Saleh
authors.affiliation: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Odeaa
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aljabbari
authors.affiliation: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Mahesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramchandani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008481:Mediastinoscopy; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery
keywords: bronchoscopy; bronchus; mucoepidermoid carcinoma; sleeve resection