Surgical Treatment of Submucosal Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of Right B^3

Abstract

We experienced an early stage case of adenoid cystic carcinoma. This patient was a 46-year-old male. His chief complaint was hemoptysis. The chest X-ray findings, bronchography and PAG revealed no abnormal shadows. Bronchoscopy revealed adenoid cystic carcinoma in the submucosa of the right B^3 orifice. The tumor was 5.0×6.0mm in size. Curative right upper lobectomy with dissection of hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes were performed. There was neither lymph node metastasis nor residual tumor in the right main bronchus.