Bronchial Foreign Body Alerting of a Bronchial Tumor: The Need of a Follow-Up Radiography

Lung tumors are extremely rare in the pediatric population, comprising only 0.2% of all malignancies in children. Among them, mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is even rarer with a reported frequency of 0.1% to 0.2%. MEC is defined by the World Health Organization as a tumor characterized by a combinat...

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Main Authors: Nahida El-Rifai, Samar Shahine, Hassan Sidani, Ali Sabeh Aion, Antoine Deschildre, Marie-Christine Copin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pediatrics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6714351