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Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:928-929
© 1998 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Tracheal mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a 7-year-old child

Seiichi Noda, MDa, Sudhir Sundaresan, MDa, Eric N. Mendeloff, MDa

a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Accepted for publication March 1, 1998.

Address reprint requests to Dr Mendeloff, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, One Barnes Hospital Plaza, Suite 3108 Queeny Tower, St. Louis, MO 63110

Mucoepidermoid cancers are rare tumors that arise from the serous and mucous glands of the upper airway and salivary glands. Patients, especially children, with tumors that arise in the trachea and upper airways are often misdiagnosed as asthmatic and are treated with bronchodilators without resolution. A 7-year-old girl who had been diagnosed as asthmatic was subsequently found to have a mucoepidermoid tumor of the trachea. She underwent a successful tracheal resection and remains tumor free on follow-up bronchoscopy at 16 months.




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