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Pleomorphic adenoma of the trachea--a case report
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Yonsei Medical Journal
|February 1, 1996
Abstract:
An unusual tracheal tumor was found in a 50 year old male who was admitted due to mild dyspnea on exertion. Simple chest X-ray showed an abnormal mass shadow in the trachea and computerized chest tomogram revealed a tumor in the mid 1/3 of the trachea obstructing 80% of the lumen. Through a right thoracotomy incision, resection of a 2.5 cm segment of the trachea with end-to-end anastomosis was done and microscopic findings showed many cystic spaces with myxomatous hyalinous stroma. It was diagnosed as a pleomorphic adenoma of the trachea.