Right Intermediate Bronchial Mass and Sudden Onset of Respiratory Symptoms

Moon, Hwa Sik; Song, Jung Sup; Rho, Jae Chul; Park, Sung Hak; Byun, Hae Won

doi:1985.32.2.129

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 32(2); 1985 > Article

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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1985;32(2):129-133.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1985.32.2.129 Published online June 1, 1985.

Right Intermediate Bronchial Mass and Sudden Onset of Respiratory Symptoms

Hwa Sik Moon, Jung Sup Song, Jae Chul Rho, Sung Hak Park, Hae Won Byun

Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic Medical College, Seoul, Korea

급작한 호흡기증상을 동반한 우측 기관지내의 종궤

문화식, 송정섭, 노재철, 박성학, 변해원

Abstract

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a rare tumor arising in the bronchus A patient who suffered from asthma for 2 years and who experienced severa1 days of coughing, fever, dyspnea and right 10wer chest pain had a mucoepidermoid carcinoma at the main stem bronchus branching to the right midd1e and 10wer 10be. It occluded most of the midd1e 10be bronchus and partially of the 10wer 10be. Lobectomy of the right middle and lower lobe was performed and it was curative. Microscopic examination showed a low grade mucoepidermid carcinoma. This is a report of a rare case of mucoepidermoid cancer at the main stem bronchus branching to the middle and lower lobe of the right with review of the literatures.