2016
DOI: 10.1155/2016/6714351
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Bronchial Foreign Body Alerting of a Bronchial Tumor: The Need of a Follow-Up Radiography

Abstract: Lung tumors are extremely rare in the pediatric population, comprising only 0.2% of all malignancies in children. Among them, mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is even rarer with a reported frequency of 0.1% to 0.2%. MEC is defined by the World Health Organization as a tumor characterized by a combination of mucus-secreting, squamous, and intermediate cell types. We describe the case of a 4-year-old girl who presented with a history of intermittent fever and nonproductive cough of 1-month duration after foreign b… Show more

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“…6,11 Su etiología es desconocida. 5 Antes, se clasificaba el CM como adenoma bronquial (junto con el tumor carcinoide y el carcinoma adenoideo quístico), término inapropiado para una neoplasia que, aunque de crecimiento lento, puede ser localmente invasiva. 2,6,13…”
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“…6,11 Su etiología es desconocida. 5 Antes, se clasificaba el CM como adenoma bronquial (junto con el tumor carcinoide y el carcinoma adenoideo quístico), término inapropiado para una neoplasia que, aunque de crecimiento lento, puede ser localmente invasiva. 2,6,13…”
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“…E l C M s e l o c a l i z a en la submucosa y contiene 3 componentes característicos: células escamosas, células secretoras de mucus y células intermedias. 5 En la infancia, generalmente, es de bajo grado de malignidad y está bien circunscrito; no invade el parénquima pulmonar. 2 Las metástasis linfáticas, aunque raras, se han descrito en la literatura 13 .…”
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