Open AccessCongenital pulmonary airway malformation with mucoepidermoid carcinoma: A case report and review of literature
Author(s) -
Harini Narayanappa,
Ranjini Chakravarthy,
Archana Lakshmanan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.107807
Subject(s) - mucoepidermoid carcinoma , incidence (geometry) , medicine , malignant transformation , pathology , carcinoma , lung , congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation , biology , pregnancy , fetus , physics , optics , genetics
Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations (CCAM) are rare developmental anomalies of the lung characterized by cysts of varying sizes and/or adenomatoid proliferation. Type I CCAM, the most frequent subtype, is associated with an increased incidence of malignant transformation, principally bronchioloalveolar carcinoma, with a reported incidence of around 1%. We report the first case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma arising in a type 1 CCAM.