• 대한세포병리학회지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.170-174
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• 1990

The mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a rare tumor in the lung. A case of bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology is presented. The smear showed many intermediate cells with occasional mucus-secreting cells. Malignant squamous cells were not present. The cellular arrangement of intermediate cells was overlapping and grouped in ball-like fashion. These cytologic features are unique for diagnosis of this tumor.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.484-488
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• 1986

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is one of bronchial adenoma which arising from submucosal gland or mucosal gland of lower respiratory tract. The symptoms of the tumor were produced by bronchial irritation and bronchial obstruction such as coughing, pneumonitis, and atelectasis. The malignancy potency of this tumor was determined by histologic pattern but high grade malignancy was uncommon and so distant metastasis was rare. Three treatment modality such as surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy were used for treatment but radiotherapy and chemotherapy were lesser effective than surgery. So Early and radical resection of tumor was recommended. Here we report one case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma which treated with radical resection.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.486-488
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• 1994

The mucoepidermoid cancer is a tumor arising in the bronchial submucosal glands that shows an intimate admixture of glandular element and sheets of cell with or no definite squamous differentiation. This rare tumor is usually located in lobe and bronchi and occasionally in the trachea. This tumor presents with symptoms of bronchial irritation or obstruction, often of several years duration. The treatment is complete resection with use of bronchoplastic techniques.Low grade tumor have a good prognosis with adequate resection. We experienced a case of mucoepidermoid cancer arising from superior segment of left lower lobe, which was treated with Lt.lower lobectomy.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.166-171
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• 2006

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a common salivary gland tumor. It comprised 8% of all salivary gland tumor and originated mainly in parotid gland. Central mucoepidermoid carcinoma is rare. It comprised $2{\sim}3%$ of all mucoepidermoid carcinoma, but it occurs in the mandible two or three times more frequently than in the maxilla. Central Mucoepidermoid carcinoma are frequently associated with an odontogenic cyst, such as dentigerous cyst, in which mucous goblet cell would have neoplastic transformation. In May 2002, a 25 year-old male visits in our clinic, presented with a progressive facial swelling after surgical tooth extraction of left mandibular third molar at 1999 in the army. After incisional biopsy, the lesion was confirmed as mucoepidermoid carcinoma so we performed tumor resection and reconstruction surgery of mandible.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제37권11호
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• pp.955-958
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• 2004

점막 표피양 선종은 드문 종양으로 원발성 악성 기관지 선종의 1%와 모든 폐종양의 0.2%를 차지한다. 이종양은 기관지 자극이나 폐쇄에 의한 증상을 나타낸다. 원격 전이는 드물기 때문에 완절 절제술이 최선의 치료법이다. 이 종양의 예후는 종양의 조직학적 악성도에 의한다. 저자들은 기침과 피가래의 증상을 보인 15세의 점막 표피양 종양환자를 경험하였다. 환자는 흥부 전산화단층 촬영과 기관지 내시경하 생검 후 개흉술을 시행하여 이엽절제술에 의한 완전한 종양 절제를 받았다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.740-746
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• 1984

Mucoepidermoid tumor arising from the bronchial tree as one of the bronchial adenoma is a extremely rare in incidence. And its clinical and histopathologic behavior has been reported as varying degree of benign to extremely malignant. Because symptoms are usually related to the bronchial obstruction or obstructive pneumonitis followed by endobronchial growth of tumor, frequently error is made in diagnosis of this tumor as entity of obstructive lung disease. We present a case of mucoepidermoid tumor with review of relevant literatures arising from the right middle lobe bronchus extending to intermediate bronchus in 47 years old housewife and was surgically removed by middle and lower Iobectomy.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.269-272
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• 1978

Mucoepidermoid tumors of lung are extremely uncommon, with fewer than 50 such cases having been reported. The degree of tumor malignancy has been discussed by some authors without any definite conclusion. This report describes a case of this, occurred in a 53-year-old female, having a highly malignant process and finally confirmed by postoperative histopathological evaluation.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.92-94
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• 2004

폐에 발생하는 점막 표피양 종양은 매우 드물며, 대부분 주로 주기관지에서 발생한다. 증상은 주로 기관 자극이나 폐쇄에 의해 발생된다. 점막 표피양 종양이 원격전이 되는 경우는 흔하지 않다. 치료는 수술적 제거가 원칙이며 예후는 종양의 조직학적 소견과 밀접한 관계가 있다. 저자의 경우 우중엽에 발생한 점막 표피양 종양을 우중엽절제술로 치험하여 양호한 결과를 보였기에 이에 보고하는 바이다.

• 대한세포병리학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.36-40
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• 2005

The mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a rare tumor in the lung for less than 1% of all pulmonary neoplasm. It is mostly presented as a solitary pulmonary nodule at a large bronchial tree on bronchoscope. But more peripheral located tumor that not accessible to the bronchoscope are rarely reported on literature. The cytologic findings of these tumors are discribed as a mixture of squamous cells, mucous cells, and intermediate cells with overlapped cellular clusters. We experienced a case of peripheral mucoepidermoid carcinoma of lung diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology. The smear showed many cellular clusters on mucoid background. They consisted of many intermediate cells with occasional mucus-secreting cells, but malignant squamous cells were not present.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.254-257
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• 2001

Mucoepidermid tumors are usually indistinquishable from benign tumors clinically, and accounts for approximately 6% to 8% of all salivary gland tumors. Although rare in children, it is the most common "malignant" salivary gland tumor, haying been reported in major and minor (intraoral) salivary gland sites as well as in the maxilla and the mandible. In children, as in adults, it most often occurs in the parotid gland, but a significant percentage is found in the palate. Presently, there is no unanimity of opinion about whether to consider all mucoepidermoid tumors malignant or what the most appropriate treatment regimen is. The importance of submitting, for microscopic diagnosis, all tissue removed during surgical procedure is illustrated in this case report and a review of the literature is presented.