title: Tracheal hamartoma--report of a case successfully treated with endoscopic surgery.
abstract: This report presents the case of an 88 year old man with tracheal hamartoma discovered through a chest X-ray film showing obstructive pneumonia before the manifestation of any symptoms associated with tracheal obstruction. Since surgical treatment was unfeasible, the tumor was removed with success through electric cauterization using a gastrointestinal fiberscope.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Tokai University, School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shohtsu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Makuuchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*