title: Childhood and adolescent tracheobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC): a case-series and review of the literature.
abstract: Tracheobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinomas (MEC) are rare in the pediatric population with literature limited primarily to case reports. Here we present our institutional experience treating MEC in three patients and review the literature of 142 pediatric cases previously published from 1968 to 2013. Although rare, tracheobronchial MEC should be included in the differential diagnosis in a child with recurrent respiratory symptoms. Conservative surgical management is often sufficient to achieve complete resection and good outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jaramillo
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 6701 Fannin, Suite 1210, Houston, 77030, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Yesenia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 6701 Fannin, Suite 1210, Houston, 77030, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Bethany J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Slater
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: M John
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hicks
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Jodi A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Muscal
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Vece
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 6701 Fannin, Suite 1210, Houston, 77030, TX, USA.
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Wesson
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 6701 Fannin, Suite 1210, Houston, 77030, TX, USA. nuchtern@bcm.edu.
authors.forename: Jed G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Nuchtern
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Adolescent; Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC); Pediatric; Tracheobronchial