Tracheal hamartoma.
We present the findings in a man with longstanding airway obstruction attributed to chronic obstructive bronchopulmonary disease. After hospitalization, a tracheal hamartoma was found and resected, without complications. Symptoms of chronic airway obstruction can cause the physician to treat medically a surgically curable lesion.
D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery