UNILATERAL HYPERLUCENCY WITH LEFT LOWER LOBE MASS IN A PATIENT WITH BRONCHIAL-ASTHMA

Mucoepidermoid tumors are rare bronchial adenomas whose clinical prese ntation can mimic that of bronchial asthma. Bronchial adenoma should b e included in the differential diagnosis of a patient with a persisten t radiographic abnormality and clinical features of bronchial asthma. We present an adolescent female with a history suggestive of bronchial asthma and a persistent left lower lobe atelectasis, who later was fo und to have a low-grade mucoepidermoid tumor.