Unusual malignant tracheal tumour presenting with acute airway obstruction.

Category Primary study
JournalThe Indian journal of chest diseases & allied sciences
Year 2007
A 25-year-old male presented with features of acute airways obstruction. He was diagnosed to have a lower tracheal mass with near total tracheal obstruction and complete obstruction of the left main bronchus. The tumour was resected successfully using a two-step method of ventilation. Histopathology of the mass revealed it to be a spindle cell sarcoma. Subsequently, local irradiation and systemic chemotherapy was given.
Epistemonikos ID: edb12d978ef565f7f6103549485f7d8d30e6e5ba
First added on: Apr 19, 2022