Lamotte F, Meurice J C, Dore P, Toty L, Levillain P, Underner M, Patte F
Service de Pneumologie, C.H.U., Poitiers.
Rev Pneumol Clin. 1992;48(1):29-32.
Muco-epidermoid bronchial tumours are rare and characterized by the coexistence of epidermoid, mucus-secreting and intermediate cells. The authors report the case of a 22-year old unmarried woman hospitalized for exploration of a febrile dyspnoea related to a right superior lobar atelectasis. Endoscopy showed a smooth, pediculate tumour arising from the right superior lobar bronchus where bronchial biopsy was negative. Right superior lobectomy was performed through thoracotomy and established the diagnosis of muco-epidermoid bronchial tumour. Surgery was followed by radiotherapy of the chest. Over a 5-year follow-up period there was no local or extrathoracic recurrence, and the patient is in good condition.
