A rare case of endobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the lung presenting as non-resolving pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is the most common malignant salivary gland tumor, and MECs of the lung are rare, accounting for 0.1–0.2% of malignant lung tumors. Pulmonary MECs are commonly found in the segmental or lobar bronchi, rarely presenting as endobronchial lesions. CASE PRESENT...

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Autores principales: Omesh, Toolsie, Gupta, Ranjan, Saqi, Anjali, Burack, Joshua, Khaja, Misbahuddin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6115606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30175037
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.08.014

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