Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Tracheobronchial Tree
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Adenocystic carcinoma and mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tracheobronchial tree.
ronchogenic carcinoma causes most of the morbidity and mortality associated with neoplasms of the lower respiratory tract. The term "bronchial adenoma" has been used to describe a small subgroup which comprises about 1.5 percent of all neoplasms of the lower respiratory tract.'p2 The value of the term "bronchial adenoma" lies in its gross descriptive classification of a group of primary endobro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1947-6094
DOI: 10.14797/mdcj-11-3-192