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 |
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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. |
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