A Delicate Surgical Resection to Treat a Proximal Pulmonary Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma

Pulmonary adenoid cystic carcinoma (PACC) is an exceedingly rare tumor of low-grade malignancy. Diagnosis is often late, so the tumoral process may be huge at presentation. Surgical resection could be challenging, and the recurrence rate would be greater. We report, hereby, a case of proximal PACC w...

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Main Authors: N. Belloumi, H. Baili, M. Abdennadher, C. Habbouria, I. Bachouch, I. Bouassida, S. Zairi, F. Chermiti Ben Abdallah, S. Fenniche, H. Zribi, A. Marghli
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Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5529803
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H. Baili
M. Abdennadher
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I. Bachouch
I. Bouassida
S. Zairi
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H. Zribi
A. Marghli
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description Pulmonary adenoid cystic carcinoma (PACC) is an exceedingly rare tumor of low-grade malignancy. Diagnosis is often late, so the tumoral process may be huge at presentation. Surgical resection could be challenging, and the recurrence rate would be greater. We report, hereby, a case of proximal PACC with involvement of the carina in a young male adult, without respiratory distress. Surgical resection was performed through a left pneumonectomy followed by a complex trachea-bronchoplastic procedure. During the operative time, the assisted ventilatory mode was carefully chosen. No adjuvant treatment was needed. Our patient is still under clinicoradiological surveillance and remains disease-free.
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spelling doaj-art-ac83edb475cc4b43b2921ca1d8839af62025-08-20T02:20:23ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192021-01-01202110.1155/2021/55298035529803A Delicate Surgical Resection to Treat a Proximal Pulmonary Adenoid Cystic CarcinomaN. Belloumi0H. Baili1M. Abdennadher2C. Habbouria3I. Bachouch4I. Bouassida5S. Zairi6F. Chermiti Ben Abdallah7S. Fenniche8H. Zribi9A. Marghli10Pulmonology Department Pavilion 4, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, TunisiaPulmonology Department Pavilion 4, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, TunisiaThoracic Surgery Department, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, TunisiaPulmonology Department Pavilion 4, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, TunisiaPulmonology Department Pavilion 4, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, TunisiaThoracic Surgery Department, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, TunisiaThoracic Surgery Department, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, TunisiaPulmonology Department Pavilion 4, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, TunisiaPulmonology Department Pavilion 4, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, TunisiaThoracic Surgery Department, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, TunisiaThoracic Surgery Department, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, TunisiaPulmonary adenoid cystic carcinoma (PACC) is an exceedingly rare tumor of low-grade malignancy. Diagnosis is often late, so the tumoral process may be huge at presentation. Surgical resection could be challenging, and the recurrence rate would be greater. We report, hereby, a case of proximal PACC with involvement of the carina in a young male adult, without respiratory distress. Surgical resection was performed through a left pneumonectomy followed by a complex trachea-bronchoplastic procedure. During the operative time, the assisted ventilatory mode was carefully chosen. No adjuvant treatment was needed. Our patient is still under clinicoradiological surveillance and remains disease-free.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5529803
spellingShingle N. Belloumi
H. Baili
M. Abdennadher
C. Habbouria
I. Bachouch
I. Bouassida
S. Zairi
F. Chermiti Ben Abdallah
S. Fenniche
H. Zribi
A. Marghli
A Delicate Surgical Resection to Treat a Proximal Pulmonary Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
Case Reports in Surgery
title A Delicate Surgical Resection to Treat a Proximal Pulmonary Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
title_full A Delicate Surgical Resection to Treat a Proximal Pulmonary Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
title_fullStr A Delicate Surgical Resection to Treat a Proximal Pulmonary Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed A Delicate Surgical Resection to Treat a Proximal Pulmonary Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
title_short A Delicate Surgical Resection to Treat a Proximal Pulmonary Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
title_sort delicate surgical resection to treat a proximal pulmonary adenoid cystic carcinoma
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5529803
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