Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep
January 2021
Pulmonary epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma (P-EMC) is an extremely rare, well-differentiated, and malignant neoplasm originating from submucosal bronchial glands in the lung. EMCs arise mainly in the salivary glands. This case represents an asymptomatic 78-year-old male with a remote 75-pack-year history of smoking who presents with a solitary endobronchial lesion, which is suggestive of a primary lung EMC, detected on annual screening chest computed tomography (CT) scan.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImmunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a new disease entity of rare and complex immune-mediated fibroinflammatory conditions that can affect any organ. The concomitance of IgG4 sclerosing sialadenitis and dacryoadenitis with rhinosinusitis is extremely rare. We report a case of IgG4 sclerosing sialadenitis and dacryoadenitis (Mikulicz's disease) diagnosed in a middle-aged African American man with a long-standing history of chronic rhinosinusitis who presented with progressively worsening bilateral salivary and lacrimal glands swelling.
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