저자들은 6개월 동안 만성 기침 및 천명을 보인 12세 남아에서 흉부 전산화단층 촬영과 기관지내시경 검사 및 생검으로 확진하여 기관지 성형술로 완치된 기관지 점액표피양 암종 1례를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

Bronchial mucoepidermoid tumors are rare, especially in children. They are commonly misdiagnosed as infections or asthma and treated with bronchodilators without resolution. Based on the available clinical outcome and survival data, it is believed that tracheobronchial mu-coepidermoid carcinoma may be successfully managed by surgical intervention alone in children and adolescents. We report a case of a 12-year-old boy with low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the right intermediate bronchus that caused chronic cough. He underwent sleeve resection of the right bronchus and remained symptom-free without recurrence during the follow-up period of 16 months. [Pediatr Allergy Respir Dis(Korea) 2007;17:420-424]