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Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Tracheobronchial Tree
Walid K Abu Saleh1, Odeaa Aljabbari1, Mahesh Ramchandani1
1Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Abstract:
Primary salivary type lung cancers are extremely rare intrathoracic malignancies. Mucoepidermoid tumor is one of the salivary gland tumors that originates from submucosal glands of the tracheobronchial tree. These are very slow-growing low-grade malignant tumors. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment and rarely requires adjuvant therapy. In this case report we describe a 65-year-old woman who presented with a solitary cough yet on further investigation was found to have a mucoepidermoid tumor originating from the hilum of the left lung.
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