A Case of Intermediate Grade Bronchial Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma and Review in Korean Cases.

Cha, Sung Chul; Kim, Si Woo; Cho, Yoo Jin; Park, Sung Kyoon; Park, Hyun Keun; Kim, Jong Sang; Kwak, Jae Wook; Yoo, Moon Bin; Cho, Hye Jae; Lee, Jae Jin

doi:2008.65.1.41

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 65(1); 2008 > Article

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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2008;65(1):41-48.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2008.65.1.41 Published online July 1, 2008.

A Case of Intermediate Grade Bronchial Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma and Review in Korean Cases.

Sung Chul Cha, Si Woo Kim, Yoo Jin Cho, Sung Kyoon Park, Hyun Keun Park, Jong Sang Kim, Jae Wook Kwak, Moon Bin Yoo, Hye Jae Cho, Jae Jin Lee

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Adventist Hospital, Seoul, Korea. anoldlove@naver.com
²Department of Pathology, Seoul Adventist Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul Adventist Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma is uncommon, representing 0.2% of all lung tumors. The disease usually presents with symptoms of airway obstruction and recurrent pneumonia. It is commonly classified into two grades in Korea, low and high. We report a case of a bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a 40-year-old woman who complained of symptoms of an upper respiratory infection. The histological grade after a bronchoscopic biopsy was intermediate. A left upper lobectomy was performed as treatment. The TNM stage of this case was IA (T1N0M0). In addition, 25 cases of bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma from 1984 in Korea are also reviewed from the viewpoint of the relationship between the histological grade, TNM stage and clinical course of the tumor.

Key Words: Bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma, Intermediate grade, TNM stage, PET