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Childhood and adolescent tracheobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC): a case-series and review of the literature

Authors: Sergio Jaramillo, Yesenia Rojas, Bethany J. Slater, Michael L. Baker, M. John Hicks, Jodi A. Muscal, Timothy J. Vece, David E. Wesson, Jed G. Nuchtern

Published in: Pediatric Surgery International | Issue 4/2016

Abstract

Tracheobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinomas (MEC) are rare in the pediatric population with literature limited primarily to case reports. Here we present our institutional experience treating MEC in three patients and review the literature of 142 pediatric cases previously published from 1968 to 2013. Although rare, tracheobronchial MEC should be included in the differential diagnosis in a child with recurrent respiratory symptoms. Conservative surgical management is often sufficient to achieve complete resection and good outcomes.

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Title: Childhood and adolescent tracheobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC): a case-series and review of the literature
Authors: Sergio Jaramillo
Yesenia Rojas
Bethany J. Slater
Michael L. Baker
M. John Hicks
Jodi A. Muscal
Timothy J. Vece
David E. Wesson
Jed G. Nuchtern
Publication date: 01-04-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Pediatric Surgery International / Issue 4/2016
Print ISSN: 0179-0358
Electronic ISSN: 1437-9813
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-015-3849-y

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