Carcinoma mucoepidermóide de brônquio: uma rara causa de pneumonia recorrente em uma criança / Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of bronchus: a rare cause of recurrent pneumonia in a child
J. bras. patol. med. lab
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43(2): 129-132, abr. 2007. ilus
Article
in Portuguese
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| ID: lil-450969
RESUMO
Os autores relatam o caso de um paciente de 13 anos com tosse crônica e pneumonia recorrente, que revelou, na broncoscopia, massa vegetante obstruindo brônquio segmentar superior direito. Foi realizada biópsia, a qual revelou carcinoma mucoepidermóide de baixo grau. O paciente foi submetido posteriormente a bilobectomia. Atualmente encontra-se bem, em seguimento de 14 meses em nosso serviço.
ABSTRACT
The authors report a case of patient of 13 years of age that presented chronic cough and recurrent pneumonia, whose bronchoscopy showed a polipoid mass obstructing upper right segmental bronchus. Biopsy was performed and revealed low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Subsequently, the patient was submitted to a bilobectomy. Nowadays, the patient has been met well in follow-up of 14 months in our department.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid
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Lung Neoplasms
Type of study:
Etiology study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
J. bras. patol. med. lab
Journal subject:
Pathology
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Erasto Gaertner/BR
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