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Goussard P, Gie A, Venkatakrishna S, Andronikou S, Ebert L, Verster J, Schubert PT, Opperman J, Janson J. Mucoepidermoid bronchial tumor in a child masquerading as tuberculosis. Pediatr Pulmonol 2024; 59:2026-2030. [PMID: 38634736 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.27021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Revised: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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- Pierre Goussard
- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Pediatric Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- 3D Center Zurich, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Forensic Medicine, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Forensic Pathology Service, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Anatomical Pathology, Tygerberg Hospital, National Health Laboratory Service, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Tygerberg Hospital, National Health Laboratory Service, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Tygerberg, South Africa
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Kalhor N, Moran CA. Pulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma: diagnosis and treatment. Expert Rev Respir Med 2018; 12:249-255. [DOI: 10.1080/17476348.2018.1428563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Neda Kalhor
- Department of Pathology, The University of Texas, M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Texas, M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Cho HJ, Yoon J, Lee E, Lee YS, Kim SY, Roh JL, Kim DK, Choi SH, Park SI, Kim YH, Koh KN, Im HJ, Seo JJ, Hong SJ, Yu J. The Different Clinical Aspects of Pediatric Primary Airway Tumors in the Larynx, Trachea, and Bronchi. J Korean Med Sci 2017; 32:1304-1311. [PMID: 28665067 PMCID: PMC5494330 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2017.32.8.1304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2017] [Accepted: 05/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Primary airway tumors are rare in children and no literature reviewed their characteristics each location. We evaluate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of Korean children with primary airway tumors, from the larynx to bronchi. A retrospective chart review of children with primary tumors of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi at Asan Medical Center from January 2000 to July 2016 was conducted. Nineteen children were diagnosed with primary airway tumors of the larynx (47.4%), trachea (10.5%), and bronchi (42.1%). Median follow-up duration was 2.8 years and there were recurrences in 21.1%. Laryngeal tumors were associated with a younger median age at onset (2 months) and diagnosis (4 months), and most were relatively small (median size = 5.3 mm) and symptomatic. Tracheal and bronchial tumors were found in older children (age at onset and diagnosis > 11 years) and large (> 15.0 mm). Most (75%) patients with bronchial tumors were asymptomatic and all the patients with tracheal tumors were symptomatic. This study suggests that we should consider different the locations in primary airway tumor based on the age at onset and diagnosis, initial symptoms or signs, and size of tumor.
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- Hyun Ju Cho
- Division of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory, Department of Pediatrics, Childhood Asthma Atopy Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory, Department of Pediatrics, Childhood Asthma Atopy Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory, Department of Pediatrics, Childhood Asthma Atopy Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory, Department of Pediatrics, Childhood Asthma Atopy Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
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Clinicopathologic and genetic features of primary bronchopulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma: the MD Anderson Cancer Center experience and comprehensive review of the literature. Virchows Arch 2017; 470:619-626. [DOI: 10.1007/s00428-017-2104-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Revised: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Akgedik R, Karamanli H, Aytekin İ, Kurt AB, Öztürk H, Dağlı CE. Swyer-James-Macleod syndrome mimicking an acute pulmonary embolism: a report of six adult cases and a retrospective analysis. CLINICAL RESPIRATORY JOURNAL 2016; 12:404-409. [PMID: 27402385 DOI: 10.1111/crj.12529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Revised: 05/19/2016] [Accepted: 06/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM In patients with pulmonary embolism (PE), a pulmonary radiograph may reveal oligemic fields (the Westermark sign) associated with sites of occlusion of the pulmonary arteries, interruption or loss of the artery line (the knuckle sign), and even unilateral hyperlucency attributable to reduced overall lung vascularity. In Swyer-James-Macleod syndrome (SJMS), which develops as a result of bronchiolitis obliterans, unilateral hyperlucency is evident because of emphysema and hypoplasia of the pulmonary artery and its branches. Therefore, SJMS cases with clinical and laboratory data compatible with PE may in fact be confused with PE. The cases of six adult patients who were initially presumed to have PE but on further investigation were diagnosed with SJMS are presented in this report, which thus can serve as a guide for diagnosis of similar cases in future. METHODS We studied six adult patients who presented with dyspnea. Their pulmonary radiographs revealed lobar/unilateral hyperlucency and PE was initially suspected. The pulmonary artery and branches thereof exhibited parenchymal emphysema and hypoplasia, and we thus diagnosed SJMS. RESULTS We studied 4 males and 2 females with a mean age of 51 years (range, 20-73 years). Left lung involvement was evident in five cases. CONCLUSION Unilateral hyperlucency may be a feature of both PE and SJMS. Although these conditions are very different, both present similarly in radiographic terms and may be easily confused when the clinical data and the anamnesis raise a suspicion of PE, causing unnecessary testing and treatment.
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- Recep Akgedik
- Deparment of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey
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- Deparment of Chest Diseases, Ataturk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Education and Research State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chest Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- Deparment of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey
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- Deparment of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey
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- Deparment of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey
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Jaramillo S, Rojas Y, Slater BJ, Baker ML, Hicks MJ, Muscal JA, Vece TJ, Wesson DE, Nuchtern JG. Childhood and adolescent tracheobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC): a case-series and review of the literature. Pediatr Surg Int 2016; 32:417-24. [PMID: 26790674 DOI: 10.1007/s00383-015-3849-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Tracheobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinomas (MEC) are rare in the pediatric population with literature limited primarily to case reports. Here we present our institutional experience treating MEC in three patients and review the literature of 142 pediatric cases previously published from 1968 to 2013. Although rare, tracheobronchial MEC should be included in the differential diagnosis in a child with recurrent respiratory symptoms. Conservative surgical management is often sufficient to achieve complete resection and good outcomes.
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- Sergio Jaramillo
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 6701 Fannin, Suite 1210, Houston, 77030, TX, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 6701 Fannin, Suite 1210, Houston, 77030, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 6701 Fannin, Suite 1210, Houston, 77030, TX, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 6701 Fannin, Suite 1210, Houston, 77030, TX, USA.
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Yu DC, Grabowski MJ, Kozakewich HP, Perez-Atayde AR, Voss SD, Shamberger RC, Weldon CB. Primary lung tumors in children and adolescents: a 90-year experience. J Pediatr Surg 2010; 45:1090-5. [PMID: 20620301 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.02.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2010] [Accepted: 02/22/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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PURPOSE Primary lung tumors in children are rare. A wide range of histopathologic tumor types occurs. The incidence of these lesions and their outcomes are still largely unknown. This study aims to determine the incidence of different primary lung tumors in children and to contribute data leading to the development of evidence-based treatment models. METHODS A single institution retrospective review was performed with institutional review board approval. Patients were included if they had primary, nonhematologic lung tumors. Simple squamous papillomas subjected to endoscopic biopsy and not resected, and vascular lesions associated with multisystem lesions, such as hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, were excluded. Medical records and pathologic material for patients from 1918 to 2008 were reviewed. RESULTS Forty patients were identified (23 boys, 17 girls) with a mean age of 9.6 years (range, 3 months to 19 years). Fourteen distinct histopathologic tumor types were identified. The most common tumor types were carcinoid (8), inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (7), and pleuropulmonary blastoma (6). Rare pediatric lung tumors including small cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis were also seen. The mortality rate was 17.5% (7) in our series. Chemotherapy was used in 23% (9) and radiation in 20% (8) of the patients. Of the 33 survivors, 28 had follow-up with a median duration of 29.5 months (mean, 63.2 months; range, 1-471 months). CONCLUSIONS Primary lung tumors in children are rare and histopathologically diverse. The tumor spectrum involves many types not seen in adults, and unlike adults, patients rarely have a history of exposure to external predisposing factors. Although complete resection remains the standard for treatment of most tumors, addition of adjuvant therapy is dependent on both tumor stage and histopathologic type.
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- David C Yu
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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The authors describe a rare case of mucoepidermal carcinoma of the lung incidentally identified in preoperative assessments for inguinal hernia repair in a 5-year-old girl. This patient was referred for right external inguinal hernia, and a 3.0-cm round-shaped lesion was found in the right lower lung field of a chest x-ray film. She had no respiratory tract complaints, but her serum carcinoembryonic antigen concentration was markedly elevated (21.2 ng/mL). Chest and abdominal computed tomography/magnetic resonance images could not determine the nature of the lesion, but 2-[18 F]fluoro-2-deoxy- d -glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) indicated a malignant tumor pattern. The patient underwent a computed tomography-guided needle biopsy of the lesion (S8), which was soon followed by a right lower pulmonary lobectomy. Histopathology of the resected specimen showed mucoepidermal carcinoma with no regional lymph node metastasis. In childhood asymptomatic pulmonary lesions, it is often difficult to rule out the possibility of malignancy. In the present case, FDG-PET scanning appropriately indicated the therapeutic priority of pediatric thoracic surgery.
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Vogelberg C, Mohr B, Fitze G, Friedrich K, Hahn G, Roesner D, Leupold W, Suttorp M. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma as an unusual cause for recurrent respiratory infections in a child. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2005; 27:162-5. [PMID: 15750450 DOI: 10.1097/01.mph.0000155120.50936.73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Recurrent respiratory infections in a 9-year-old girl prompted a chest radiograph and a CT scan, which showed a right middle lobe consolidation. Bronchoscopy revealed a tumor that totally obstructed the middle lobe. Open lung biopsy revealed a low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Middle and lower right lung lobectomy was performed, followed by an uneventful recovery. Cytogenetic investigation of tumor cells exhibited the translocation t(11;19). This case shows that further diagnostic modalities such as CT scanning should be performed early in children with recurrent lower respiratory tract infections who have suspicious radiographic findings such as persistent atelectasis or recurrent unifocal infiltration. Bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma is infrequent, and molecular investigations might shed additional light on the prognosis.
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- Christian Vogelberg
- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
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Fregonese L, Girosi D, Battistini E, Fregonese B, Risso FM, Bava GL, Rossi GA. Clinical, physiologic, and roentgenographic changes after pneumonectomy in a boy with Macleod/Swyer-James syndrome and bronchiectasis. Pediatr Pulmonol 2002; 34:412-6. [PMID: 12357493 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.10178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Macleod/Swyer-James syndrome is an uncommon and complex disease characterized by roentgenographic hyperlucency of one lung or lobe due to loss of the pulmonary vascular structure and to alveolar overdistension. This syndrome seems to be an acquired disease that follows viral bronchiolitis and pneumonitis in childhood. It must be differentiated from many other causes of unilateral lung "transradiancy" on the chest roentgenogram, such as those related to congenital bronchial and/or vascular abnormalities. We here describe an 11-year-old patient with Macleod/Swyer-James syndrome and bronchiectasis resulting in severe recurrent bronchopulmonary infections. Despite the severe impairment of pulmonary function, the patient underwent resection of the right lung with progressive improvement of clinical and physiologic parameters.
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Smiddy PF, Abdul Manaf ZM, Roberts IF, Gordon I. Endobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma in childhood: case report and literature review. Clin Radiol 2000; 55:647-9. [PMID: 10964741 DOI: 10.1053/crad.2000.0108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- P F Smiddy
- Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, U.K
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Welsh JH, Maxson T, Jaksic T, Shahab I, Hicks J. Tracheobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma in childhood and adolescence: case report and review of the literature. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 1998; 45:265-73. [PMID: 9865445 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5876(98)00120-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In children and adolescents, primary neoplasms of the tracheobronchial tree and lungs are rare, with most tumors involving the respiratory system being metastatic, small, blue cell tumors of childhood. Of the primary pulmonary neoplasms, most are malignant with mucoepidermoid carcinoma representing about 10% of these malignant tumors. We present an 8-year-old Hispanic male with hemoptysis and several episodes of pneumonia which initially was thought to be infectious upon biopsy during bronchoscopy, but proved to be mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tracheobronchial tree by microscopic examination during an open lung biopsy. This rare tumor is more common in adults than in children, and infrequently presents with hemoptysis. Mucoepidermoid tumors of the tracheobronchial tree carry a more favorable prognosis in children than adults. In the adult population, the overall mortality is slightly less than 30%. In contrast, of the 31 reported cases of tracheobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma in pediatrics, all children are free of tumor involvement with a mean follow-up period of 5.8 years (range, 0.7-21 years). Based upon the available clinical outcome and survival data, it would appear that tracheobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma may be successfully managed by surgical intervention alone in children and adolescents.
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- J H Welsh
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston 77030-2399, USA
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Granata C, Battistini E, Toma P, Balducci T, Mattioli G, Fregonese B, Gambini C, Rossi GA. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the bronchus: a case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Pulmonol 1997; 23:226-32. [PMID: 9094733 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0496(199703)23:3<226::aid-ppul10>3.0.co;2-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- C Granata
- Division of Paediatric Surgery Giannina Gaslini Hospital for Children, Genova, Italy
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Patel RG, Norman JR. Unilateral hyperlucency with left lower lobe mass in a patient with bronchial asthma. Chest 1995; 107:569-70. [PMID: 7842798 DOI: 10.1378/chest.107.2.569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Mucoepidermoid tumors are rare bronchial adenomas whose clinical presentation can mimic that of bronchial asthma. Bronchial adenoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of a patient with a persistent radiographic abnormality and clinical features of bronchial asthma. We present an adolescent female with a history suggestive of bronchial asthma and a persistent left lower lobe atelectasis, who later was found to have a low-grade mucoepidermoid tumor.
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- R G Patel
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
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Nine children (6 boys, 3 girls) were diagnosed with a primary endobronchial or pulmonary parenchymal neoplasm. The average age at diagnosis was 9 years. Presenting complaints included cough (7), fever (5), pulmonary infection (3), respiratory distress (3), weight loss (2), pain (2), and hemoptysis (1). Pulmonary x-rays showed persistent atelectasis, pneumonic infiltrates or mass lesions. A computed tomography scan was performed in 8. Five of six endobronchial tumors were diagnosed with bronchoscopy and biopsy. Treatment consisted of thoracotomy and pulmonary resection in 7 cases and laser resection in 2. The pathologic diagnoses were bronchial carcinoid (3), bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma (1), inflammatory pseudotumor (plasma cell granuloma) of the bronchus (2) and of the lung parenchyma (1), fibrosarcoma (1), and rhabdomyosarcoma (1). Postoperative chemotherapy was given only to the patient with pulmonary rhabdomyosarcoma; this child died. One child has developed a local recurrence while 7 children are alive and free of disease at an average of 2.4 years postresection. Pulmonary neoplasms are unusual in the pediatric age group and represent a wide spectrum of pathology. Including the present series, 383 tumors have been described. Seventy-six percent were malignant. Early investigation and surgical intervention are essential in children with persistent pulmonary symptoms or x-ray abnormalities. In most cases, the prognosis is excellent with complete surgical resection; however, malignancies other than bronchial adenoma are associated with significantly mortality.
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- B J Hancock
- Section of Pediatric General Surgery, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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The initial clinical manifestations of lung cancer are diverse and may occur with or without symptoms. Manifestations of pulmonary malignant lesions are produced by local growth or invasion, metastatic disease, or paraneoplastic processes. Patterns of local invasion such as Pancoast's syndrome or the superior vena cava syndrome are relatively uncommon but well recognized. Metastatic lung cancer can involve almost any anatomic area by hematogenous, lymphatic, or, occasionally, interalveolar dissemination. Complications related to malnutrition, infection, electrolyte disturbances, and coexisting diseases influence the initial manifestations. Although individual tumor cell types are associated with characteristic features, no constellation of findings is pathognomonic for a specific histologic variant. Because successful treatment of pulmonary carcinoma depends on early detection, awareness of the typical clinical manifestations is important.
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- A M Patel
- Division of Thoracic Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905
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