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A 3-year-old girl was evaluated for persistent middle lobe atelectasis. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed a spherical mass occupying␣the middle-lobe bronchus. The biopsy specimen disclosed a low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma. A lobectomy was performed. The patient is in good condition 2 years after the operation. Mucoepidermoid tumors are rare bronchial adenomas comprising 1% of all lung neoplasms. Children are very infrequently affected. The clinical behavior of these tumors is controversial. Surgical resection of the low-grade-type tumor has an excellent prognosis.
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Accepted: 15 July 1997
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Anton-Pacheco, J., Jimenez, M., Rodriguez-Peralto, J. et al. Bronchial mucoepidermoid tumor in a 3-year-old child. Pediatr Surg Int 13, 524–525 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003830050390
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