title: [Effect of ethanol injection in tracheal large cell carcinoma--a case report].
abstract: A 66-year-old woman was admitted with dyspnea. A tracheal tumor was found by bronchofiberscopy, and histological examination revealed large cell carcinoma. The tumor obstructed nearly 90% of her tracheal lumen, so we performed intratumoral ethanol injection. The tumor became almost completely necrotic, and obstruction of her airway markedly improved. No serious complication was found. Intratumoral ethanol injection was very effective and safe in this case. This is the fifth report of undifferentiated carcinoma of the trachea in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Narita Red Cross Hospital, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osegawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokota
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mitsunaga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasumi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mikata
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol