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