Bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma, recurrent asthmatic symptoms, and pneumonia presenting in pregnancy | Zendy

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Bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma, recurrent asthmatic symptoms, and pneumonia presenting in pregnancy

Author(s) -

Shiiba Ritsuya,

Himeji Daisuke,

Beppu Kiichiro,

Marutsuka Kousuke,

Mitsuoka Masahiro,

Nabeshima Kazuki

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

respirology case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 2051-3380

DOI - 10.1002/rcr2.626

Subject(s) - medicine , mucoepidermoid carcinoma , bronchus , bronchoscopy , caesarean section , cauterization , pneumonia , left main bronchus , pregnancy , asthma , surgery , right main bronchus , lung , radiology , carcinoma , respiratory disease , biology , genetics

We report the case of a 37‐year‐old pregnant Japanese woman (34th week of gestation) with a left main bronchus mucoepidermoid carcinoma. She had left lower lung pneumonia episodes for eight weeks that had been associated with bronchial asthma. Bronchoscopy revealed a membranous endobronchial tumour obstructing most of the left main bronchus. We delivered the baby without any problems by caesarean section, followed by tumour cauterization using a rigid bronchoscope under general anaesthesia. After that, we performed a sleeve resection of the main left bronchus. At one‐year follow‐up, the patient was disease‐free and her baby was growing well.

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