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Comments on “Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the bronchus: a rare early diagnosis”

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Published
29 September 2023
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Letters to the Editor
DOI
10.4081/monaldi.2023.2747

Abstract

Dear Editor
An article published in 2020 in this journal reported a rare case of a young medical student presenting with low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the central airway. Curative sleeve resection was done, with negative margins and no evidence of lymph nodal involvement. The current letter presents a 3-year follow-up of the same individual and a short review of the evidence available for post-resection monitoring in such patients...

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