[A glomus tumor of the trachea--a case report].
We present a 61-year-old man with a glomus tumor of the trachea. To our knowledge, this is the 6th reported case in the literature. The patient was asymptomatic, and bronchoscopic examination revealed a highly vascular polypoid mass about 6.0 cm above the bifurcation of the trachea. We undertook a sleeve resection of the trachea with end to end anastomosis through a right posterolateral thoracotomy. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful. The tumor was 1.2 cm in diameter and was composed of glomus cells, which resembled to modified smooth muscle cells, ultrastructurally.
Haraguchi
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Saitama Cancer Center, Japan.
Yamamoto
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Nishimura
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D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*