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Jain A, Madan NK, Arava S, et al. Delayed diagnosis of endobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a 29-year-old male. Lung India. 2016;33(3):323-5doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.180905.
Jain, A., Madan, N. K., Arava, S., Pandey, D., & Madan, K. (2016). Delayed diagnosis of endobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a 29-year-old male. Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society, 33(3), 323-5. https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.180905
Jain, Akanksha, et al. "Delayed diagnosis of endobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a 29-year-old male." Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society vol. 33,3 (2016): 323-5. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.180905
Jain A, Madan NK, Arava S, Pandey D, Madan K. Delayed diagnosis of endobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a 29-year-old male. Lung India. 2016 May-Jun;33(3):323-5. doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.180905. PMID: 27186000; PMCID: PMC4857572.
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Lung India. 2016 May-Jun;33(3):323-5. doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.180905.

Delayed diagnosis of endobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a 29-year-old male.

Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society

Akanksha Jain, Neha Kawatra Madan, Sudheer Arava, Durgatosh Pandey, Karan Madan

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
  2. Department of Surgical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
  3. Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

PMID: 27186000 PMCID: PMC4857572 DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.180905

Abstract

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is an uncommon primary lung tumor. It usually involves large airways and presents clinically and radiologically with nonspecific features. Because of nonspecific presentation diagnosis is frequently delayed. We report the case of a 29-year-old male patient wherein a clinico-radiological consideration of tuberculosis (TB) led to a prolonged treatment with anti-TB medications without response. Flexible bronchoscopic biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of MEC following that the patient underwent curative surgical resection.

Keywords: Bronchoscopy; endobronchial biopsy; lung tumors; mucoepidermoid carcinoma

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