A Case of Bronchial Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma.

Yim, Jeong Yoon; Son, Hye Young; Park, Ki Ryung; Lee, Kee Hyun; Shin, Mi Seung; Chang, Jung Hyun; Kim, Kyang Ho

doi:1997.44.5.1132

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 44(5); 1997 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1997;44(5):1132-1139.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1997.44.5.1132 Published online October 1, 1997.

A Case of Bronchial Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma.

Jeong Yoon Yim, Hye Young Son, Ki Ryung Park, Kee Hyun Lee, Mi Seung Shin, Jung Hyun Chang, Kyang Ho Kim

¹Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha University, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Chest Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma developed in tracheobronchjal tree is one of rare lung tumor. It is histologically divided into low grade malignancy of relatively benign course versus high grade malignancy of fatal course. In low grade malignancy, it can be curative with a surgical resection. We experienced a case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a 28-year-old woman who complained sudden dyspnea and presented right total lung collapse on chest roentgenogram. It was diagnesed as a low grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma and removed by the surgical excision.

Key Words: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma, Surgical resection