Low grade mucoepidermoid tumour of the bronchus in childhood: A therapeutic dilemma

A. Leiberman; J. Bar-Ziv; H. J. Zirkin

doi:10.1007/BF00441874

Low grade mucoepidermoid tumour of the bronchus in childhood: A therapeutic dilemma

A. Leiberman
, J. Bar-Ziv
, H. J. Zirkin

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Abstract

Bronchial mucoepidermoid tumours (MET) are rare in children. Only 11 cases have been reported in the literature, all of them of the low grade type. A cure is achieved by complete surgical removal of the tumour and bronchoscopy is only used for detection and biopsy. The case of a 12-year-old boy with MET in the bronchus intermedius posed a therapeutic dilemma. In this case, non-intentional removal of the tumour was achieved by bronchoscopy and the patient had no further surgery. Repeated bronchoscopies failed to show recurrence of the tumour after 2.5 years.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	130-132
Number of pages	3
Journal	European Journal of Pediatrics
Volume	145
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00441874
State	Published - 1 Apr 1986

Keywords

Childhood tracheobronchial tumours
Endoscopical removal
Low grade mucoepidermoid tumour

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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