Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the bronchus: a rare early diagnosis

Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2020 Apr 27;90(2). doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2020.1258.

Abstract

Salivary gland tumours of the tracheobronchial tree are rare and early diagnosis in T1 stage is further rare. We report a case of a young 21-year-old male medical student diagnosed and treated for the same prompted by a detailed respiratory examination.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aftercare
  • Auscultation / standards
  • Auscultation / statistics & numerical data
  • Biopsy / methods
  • Bronchi / pathology*
  • Bronchi / surgery
  • Bronchoscopy / methods*
  • Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Early Diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry / methods
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult