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Maria Konoglou1, Aggeliki Cheva1, Paul Zarogoulidis1, Konstantinos Porpodis1, Athanasia Pataka1, Aggeliki Mpaliaka1, Antonios Papaiwannou1, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis1, Theodoros Kontakiotis1, Theodoros Karaiskos1, Georgios Kesisis1, Alexander Kolettas1, Alina Giouleka1, Athanasios Madesis1, George Vretzakis1, Leonidas Sakkas1, Kosmas Tsakiridis1.
Abstract
Epithelial-myoepithelial tumors of the lung are rare neoplasms whose biological behavior and clinical course still remain to be defined. Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma (EMCa) is a low-grade malignant tumour. According to literature, most commonly occurs in salivary glands, particularly in parotic gland, but it can also occur in unusual locations such as breast, lachrymal gland, nose, paranasal sinus, lung, bronchus and, as in our case, trachea. There are no many documented case reports of a primary myoepithelial carcinoma in the trachea. We report a case of a 34-year-old man diagnosed with this unusual location of an epithelial-myoepithelial tumor. The tumour was removed by segmental tracheal resection and end-to-end anastomosis.Entities:
Keywords: Epithelial-myoepithelial tumors; tracheal epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma (EMCa); tracheal neoplasm
Year: 2014 PMID: 24672694 PMCID: PMC3966153 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.11.17
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Thorac Dis ISSN: 2072-1439 Impact factor: 2.895