Sleeve resection of mucoepidermoid carcinoma in left main bronchus through median sternotomy

Maruf Şanlı,

Maruf Şanlı¹, Bülent Tunçözgür¹, Ahmet Feridun Işık¹, Fatih Meteroğlu¹, Kemal Bakır², Levent Elbeyli¹

¹Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medicine Faculty of Gaziantep University, Gaziantep
²Department of Pathology, Medicine Faculty of Gaziantep University, Gaziantep

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a malignant tumor, which is rarely located in the tracheobronchial tree. Although mucoepidermoid carcinomas are usually low-grade malignant tumors, they should be surgically excised. A mass lesion narrowing the left main bronchus was detected during fiberoptic bronchoscopy in a 20-year-old male who presented with fever, cough and shortness of breath. Sleeve resection of the left main bronchus was performed through a median sternotomy, preserving the pulmonary parenchyma. Histopathological examination revealed a low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma. The patient did not receive radiotherapy or chemotherapy, and had no problem even one year postoperatively.

Keywords : Bronchial neoplasms/diagnosis; bronchogenic/surgery; carcinoma; lung neoplasms; median sternotomy; mucoepidermoid carcinoma; pneumonectomy

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