Pneumonia recorrente com uma causa rara: carcinoma mucoepidermóide

Abstract

Recurrent pneumonia may be defined as two episodes of pneumonia in a single year, or as three or more episodes in any given period.(1) The diagnosis should be established upon clinical remission and confirmation of complete radiological resolution between two episodes of infection.The etiology of recurrent pneumonia is varied and includes endobronchial obstruction, extrinsic compression of airways and structural abnormalities, ABSTRACTRecurrent pneumonia is characterized by frequent infection and infiltrates in one or more lung lobes. The localized form of the disease is caused by intraluminal obstruction, extrinsic compression or structural abnormalities. The pattern, frequency and severity of the infections, together with a thorough review of all chest X-rays, inform the diagnosis. Herein, we report a case of recurrent pneumonia due to endobronchial obstruction by mucoepidermoid carcinoma.