Table 1 Literature review of endotracheal myoepitheliomas
Author, year | Age, sex | Tumor size | Signs and symptoms | Pathology | Immunohistochemistry | Treatment | Follow-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kim et al. 1998 [10] | 38 y/o, female | N/A | Right neck mass | Spindle, epithelioid | S-100, SMA | Resection and anastomosis of the trachea with partial thyroidectomy | Well 8 months following the surgery |
Chand et al. 2011 [8] | 77 y/o, male | 7 mm | Productive cough with blood-streaked sputum | Plasmacytoid | SMA, S-100, cytokeratin, AE-1/AE-3, CK 5/6, vimentin, calponin, focal positivity for p63 | Flexible and rigid bronchoscopy and snare with cautery | N/A |
Sekine et al. 2014 [7] | 67 y/o, female | 20 × 18 × 12 mm | Dry cough, dyspnea, wheeze | Spindle | Pan-cytokeratin, alpha-SMA, p63, S-100, GFAP, CD10, Ki-67 (4%) | Flexible bronchoscopy and snare with cautery | No recurrence 1.5 years following the surgery |
Pfeiffer et al. 2018 [9] | 10 y/o, female | 1.4 × 1.1 × 1.9 cm (MRI) | Shortness of breath, tachypnea, accessory muscle use, hypoxia | Spindle, epithelioid | EMA, S-100, SMA, DOG-1 | Tracheal resection with end-to-end anastomosis | No recurrence 2 years following the surgery |
Current case | 36 y/o, male | 2 × 2 × 1 cm | Dyspnea, chest pain, stridor, hemoptysis | Plasmacytoid, clear | CK 7, SMA, p63, Ki-67 (8%) | Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy with argon plasma coagulation and rigid bronchoscopy with grasper forceps | No recurrence 5 months following the surgery |