Open AccessBronchial Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Yeow Kwan Teo
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0b013e3181ccb085
Subject(s) - medicine , mucoepidermoid carcinoma , atelectasis , airway , lumen (anatomy) , pneumonia , incidence (geometry) , carcinoma , lung , airway obstruction , bronchoscopy , bronchus , radiology , chronic cough , surgery , asthma , respiratory disease , physics , optics
Bronchial mucopeidermoid carcinoma is extremely rare, with an incidence of 0.1 to 0.2% of all primary lung tumors. It usually presents as an endobronchial mass with either partial or total occlusion of the airway lumen. Common clinical presentations are hemoptysis, airway obstruction, and recurrent atelectasis or pneumonia. We present a 27-year-old man who complained of chronic cough as a result of bronchial mucopeidermoid carcinoma with resultant obstructive lung changes.