{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7225144019","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1097/rc9.0000000000001147","title":"Mucoepidermoid carcinoma misdiagnosed as carcinoid tumor in an adolescent managed by parenchymal-sparing bronchial resection: a case report","display_name":"Mucoepidermoid carcinoma misdiagnosed as carcinoid tumor in an adolescent managed by parenchymal-sparing bronchial resection: a case report","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-11-03","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7225144019","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1097/rc9.0000000000001147"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1097/rc9.0000000000001147","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1097/rc9.0000000000001147","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1097/rc9.0000000000001147","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S5398819","display_name":"International Journal of Surgery Case Reports","issn_l":"2210-2612","issn":["2210-2612"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","poland-40"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Surgery Case Reports","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1097/rc9.0000000000001147","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5119244214","display_name":"Diyora Kurambaeva","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1561-7972","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1561-7972"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210096951","display_name":"Central Asian University","ror":"https://ror.org/00x6wnm78","country_code":"UZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210096951"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4388482687","display_name":"Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Oncology and Radiology","ror":"https://ror.org/05awqgz82","country_code":"UZ","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4388482687"]}],"countries":["UZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Diyora Kurambaeva","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Thoracic Surgery, Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Oncology and Radiology, Tashkent, Uzbekistan","Medical School, Central Asian University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1561-7972","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Thoracic Surgery, Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Oncology and Radiology, Tashkent, Uzbekistan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4388482687"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Medical School, Central Asian University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210096951"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5119244216","display_name":"Aziza Fakhriddinova","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4239-3903","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4239-3903"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210096951","display_name":"Central Asian University","ror":"https://ror.org/00x6wnm78","country_code":"UZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210096951"]}],"countries":["UZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Aziza Fakhriddinova","raw_affiliation_strings":["Medical School, Central Asian University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4239-3903","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Medical School, Central Asian University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210096951"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5160520353","display_name":"Abdugaffor Rasulov","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4388482687","display_name":"Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Oncology and Radiology","ror":"https://ror.org/05awqgz82","country_code":"UZ","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4388482687"]}],"countries":["UZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Abdugaffor Rasulov","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Thoracic Surgery, Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Oncology and Radiology, Tashkent, Uzbekistan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Thoracic Surgery, Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Oncology and Radiology, Tashkent, Uzbekistan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4388482687"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":2090,"currency":"USD","value_usd":2090},"apc_paid":{"value":2090,"currency":"USD","value_usd":2090},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.87764447,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11035","display_name":"Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment","score":0.9452999830245972,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2746","display_name":"Surgery"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11035","display_name":"Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment","score":0.9452999830245972,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2746","display_name":"Surgery"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13759","display_name":"Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies","score":0.01940000057220459,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2740","display_name":"Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10754","display_name":"Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances","score":0.007000000216066837,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2730","display_name":"Oncology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mucoepidermoid-carcinoma","display_name":"mucoepidermoid carcinoma","score":0.9679999947547913},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/carcinoid-tumor","display_name":"carcinoid tumor","score":0.7870000004768372},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/misdiagnosis","display_name":"misdiagnosis","score":0.9020000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pediatric-lung-cancer","display_name":"pediatric lung cancer","score":0.7419999837875366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/endobronchial-tumor","display_name":"endobronchial tumor","score":0.7839999794960022},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/low-grade-mucoepidermoid-carcinoma","display_name":"low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma","score":0.8199999928474426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/immunohistochemistry","display_name":"immunohistochemistry","score":0.8939999938011169},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/maml2","display_name":"MAML2","score":0.7689999938011169},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pancytokeratin","display_name":"pancytokeratin","score":0.7760000228881836},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/bronchial-resection","display_name":"bronchial resection","score":0.7940000295639038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/lung-preservation","display_name":"lung preservation","score":0.7289999723434448}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.9819999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780859518","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2736268","display_name":"Mucoepidermoid carcinoma","level":3,"score":0.6636999845504761},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779399171","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1483951","display_name":"Malignancy","level":2,"score":0.5634999871253967},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126838900","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77604","display_name":"Radiology","level":1,"score":0.5496000051498413},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776053289","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7979172","display_name":"Wedge resection","level":3,"score":0.46959999203681946},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777910003","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1707292","display_name":"Asymptomatic","level":2,"score":0.46880000829696655},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778996910","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237232","display_name":"Bronchoscopy","level":2,"score":0.46860000491142273},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775934546","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179991","display_name":"Biopsy","level":2,"score":0.45879998803138733},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777714996","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7886","display_name":"Lung","level":2,"score":0.4065000116825104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780314925","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181602","display_name":"Bronchus","level":4,"score":0.39969998598098755},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778506435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1734755","display_name":"Carcinoid tumors","level":2,"score":0.39489999413490295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780244788","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1877474","display_name":"Solitary pulmonary nodule","level":3,"score":0.3727000057697296},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2909399824","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181602","display_name":"Right Main Bronchus","level":5,"score":0.36959999799728394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2908862229","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1734755","display_name":"Carcinoid tumour","level":2,"score":0.35679998993873596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C141071460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40821","display_name":"Surgery","level":1,"score":0.3540000021457672},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C8443397","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15177","display_name":"Anastomosis","level":2,"score":0.3330000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777546739","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33525","display_name":"Carcinoma","level":2,"score":0.33239999413490295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776256026","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47912","display_name":"Lung cancer","level":2,"score":0.3102000057697296},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776178081","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3286546","display_name":"Respiratory disease","level":3,"score":0.30550000071525574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C196822366","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270524","display_name":"Parenchyma","level":2,"score":0.2833000123500824},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779701055","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q929833","display_name":"Rare disease","level":3,"score":0.2784999907016754},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2911171335","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181602","display_name":"Main Bronchus","level":5,"score":0.2770000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121608353","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12078","display_name":"Cancer","level":2,"score":0.275299996137619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777914695","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12192","display_name":"Pneumonia","level":2,"score":0.2572000026702881},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780824555","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1809305","display_name":"Lymphadenectomy","level":3,"score":0.2540000081062317},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780801072","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837512","display_name":"Differential diagnosis","level":2,"score":0.2526000142097473}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1097/rc9.0000000000001147","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1097/rc9.0000000000001147","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1097/rc9.0000000000001147","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S5398819","display_name":"International Journal of Surgery Case Reports","issn_l":"2210-2612","issn":["2210-2612"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","poland-40"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Surgery Case Reports","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1097/rc9.0000000000001147","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1097/rc9.0000000000001147","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1097/rc9.0000000000001147","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S5398819","display_name":"International Journal of Surgery Case Reports","issn_l":"2210-2612","issn":["2210-2612"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","poland-40"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Surgery Case Reports","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":1.0,"display_name":"Good health and well-being","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3"}],"study_designs":[{"display_name":"Case Report","id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/case-report"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":11,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2046036616","https://openalex.org/W2116301744","https://openalex.org/W2123186964","https://openalex.org/W2575656561","https://openalex.org/W2940832648","https://openalex.org/W3036888134","https://openalex.org/W3113566136","https://openalex.org/W3145219618","https://openalex.org/W3215921195","https://openalex.org/W4303644457","https://openalex.org/W4413618028"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4366824608","https://openalex.org/W4224241171","https://openalex.org/W4388610770","https://openalex.org/W7116062286","https://openalex.org/W1987944273","https://openalex.org/W6969427467","https://openalex.org/W4414149607","https://openalex.org/W2741182832","https://openalex.org/W2304116664","https://openalex.org/W2184033370"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Introduction":[0],"and":[1,48,53,59,82,109,155,188],"importance:":[2],"Bronchial":[3],"mucoepidermoid":[4],"carcinoma":[5],"(MEC)":[6],"is":[7,14,206],"a":[8,20,42,54,62,88,125,152,166,199],"rare":[9],"pediatric":[10],"pulmonary":[11],"malignancy":[12],"that":[13],"easily":[15],"overlooked":[16],"or":[17,172,214],"misdiagnosed":[18],"as":[19,198],"carcinoid":[21,77,153,200],"tumor":[22],"on":[23],"limited":[24],"biopsy":[25,75],"material,":[26],"with":[27,41,101,124],"direct":[28],"implications":[29],"for":[30],"surgical":[31],"planning.":[32],"Presentation":[33],"of":[34,90,96,184],"case:":[35],"A":[36],"16-year-old":[37],"male\u2019s":[38],"symptoms":[39],"began":[40],"dry":[43],"cough":[44],"in":[45,69,148,165,178],"January":[46],"2025":[47],"progressed":[49],"to":[50,194,208],"recurrent":[51],"pneumonia":[52],"persistent":[55,173],"productive":[56],"cough.":[57],"Imaging":[58],"bronchoscopy":[60],"identified":[61],"15":[63],"\u00d7":[64],"11":[65],"mm":[66],"endobronchial":[67,186],"mass":[68],"the":[70,97,114,120,209],"left":[71,98],"main":[72,99],"bronchus.":[73],"Initial":[74],"favored":[76],"tumor;":[78],"immunohistochemistry":[79],"(IHC)":[80],"(pan-cytokeratin":[81],"MAML2-related":[83],"protein\u2013positive,":[84],"neuroendocrine":[85],"markers\u2013negative)":[86],"established":[87],"diagnosis":[89],"low-grade":[91,204],"MEC.":[92],"Parenchymal-sparing":[93],"wedge":[94],"resection":[95,108,157,219],"bronchus":[100],"bronchobronchial":[102],"anastomosis":[103],"was":[104,122,143],"performed,":[105],"achieving":[106],"R0":[107],"pN0":[110],"status":[111],"while":[112,225],"preserving":[113,226],"ipsilateral":[115],"lung.":[116],"At":[117],"1-month":[118],"follow-up,":[119],"patient":[121],"asymptomatic":[123],"patent":[126],"anastomosis;":[127],"at":[128],"approximately":[129],"9":[130],"months":[131],"postoperatively,":[132],"he":[133],"remained":[134],"clinically":[135],"well":[136],"without":[137,161,212],"respiratory":[138,176],"symptoms.":[139],"Clinical":[140],"discussion:":[141],"IHC":[142,189],"essential,":[144],"not":[145],"merely":[146],"confirmatory,":[147],"distinguishing":[149],"MEC":[150,197,205],"from":[151],"tumor,":[154],"parenchymal-sparing":[156,217],"offered":[158],"oncologic":[159,223],"clearance":[160,224],"sacrificing":[162],"lung":[163,227],"parenchyma":[164],"low-grade,":[167],"node-negative":[168],"tumor.":[169,201],"Conclusion:":[170],"Recurrent":[171],"focal":[174],"obstructive":[175],"disease":[177],"an":[179,185],"adolescent":[180],"should":[181,190],"prompt":[182],"consideration":[183],"neoplasm,":[187],"be":[191],"applied":[192],"routinely":[193],"avoid":[195],"misdiagnosing":[196],"When":[202],"localized":[203],"confined":[207],"bronchial":[210,218],"wall":[211],"nodal":[213],"distant":[215],"disease,":[216],"can":[220],"achieve":[221],"complete":[222],"parenchyma.":[228]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-05T12:25:35.769452","created_date":"2026-11-04T00:00:00"}