The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 52, 1322-1324, Copyright © 1991 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Mixed tumor of salivary gland type arising in the bronchus
M Mori, K Furuya, T Kimura, M Kitade and N Ueda
Department of Surgery, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
During bronchoscopy for atelectasis of the middle lobe, a 61-year-old man
was found to have a polypoid mass obstructing the bronchus. Right middle
and lower lobectomy disclosed a tumor growing into the lumen of the middle
lobe bronchus. The histological features of the tumor were
indistinguishable from those of the mixed tumor of the salivary gland. A
review of the literature reveals only 7 cases of this extremely rare tumor.