[Carcinoid of the distal trachea]

We have reported on a 43 years old woman patient, who had fallen ill with an extremely seldom carcinoid tumor arising in the trachea histologically confirmed. Our observations of this woman-patient had been compared with those of 14 patients known from the Anglo-American literature upto 1978. In regard to one French and one Russian collective statistics altogether we come to 24 cases of trachea carcinoids documented in the literature. These are the main symptoms: dyspnea, wheezing, hemoptysis and stridor. Radiation tried at the inoperable patient has proved as ineffective. Today operation seems to be the chosen therapy.