Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
Physiology
- Malignant mucoepithelial tumor of lung
Diagnosis
- FOB: usually occurs as sessile/ polypoid mass in airway
Clinical
- Symptoms of Obstruction (see [[Obstructive Lung Disease]])
Treatment
- Bronchoscopic removal: fulguration/laser may be used for poor surgical candidates
- Surgical excision ( with wide margins): usually recommended
- Tumors may locally recur if not completely resected
- XRT: for positive surgical margins/ recurrent disease
- Used more commonly with salivary gland origin, less experience with airway origin tumors
- Chemo: palliative (for metastatic disease)
Prognosis
- Variable outcome (depending on histology)
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