Zhonghua yi xue za zhi = Chinese medical journal; Free China ed
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Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei) · Mar 1990
Bronchial adenoma--a heterogenous group of tumors: report of 38 patients.
Thirty-eight cases of bronchial adenoma seen at Taipei VGH during 1976-88 were reviewed. Nine were carcinoid tumors, 14 were mucoepidermoid carcinomas and 15 were cylindromas. There were 21 men and 17 women. ⋯ All types of bronchial adenomas showed malignant potential, mean duration before metastasis was about 2 years (3 months to 4 years), most of them were mucoepidermoid carcinomas (60%). The 5-year survival rate was 11.1% for mucoepidermoid carcinomas, 55.6% for carcinoids and 83.3% for cylindromas. We conclude that the term bronchial adenoma represents a heterogenous group of tumors with considerable malignant potential and should not be ignored by its term of benignity.