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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000;17:187-189
© 2000 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Myoepithelioma of the lung

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ege University Medical Faculty, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
^b Department of Chest Diseases, Ege University Medical Faculty, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
^c Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Adnan Menderes University Medical Faculty, 09100, Aydin, Turkey
^d Department of Pathology, Ege University Medical Faculty, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

Corresponding author. Ege Universitesi, Göüs Cerrahisi Anabilim Dali, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey. Tel.: +90-232-343-4343: fax: +90-232-339-0002
e-mail: cagirici{at}med.ege.edu.tr

A 54-year-old woman with myoepithelioma, a very rare tumor of the lung, is reported. The patient presented with exertional dyspnea, cough and intermittent pleuritic chest pain. Her chest X-ray revealed a peripheral 2 cm mass in the left lower lung zone. Bronchoscopy was normal. She underwent thoracotomy in which a wedge-resection was performed. Histological examination of the specimen demonstrated myoepithelioma of the lung.

Key Words: Lung tumor • Myoepithelioma