Urgent treatment for nonresectable, asphyxiating tracheal cylindroma.
A 22-year-old woman with an irresectable tracheal cylindroma asphyxiated during radiotherapy. Extracorporeal oxygenation was used to facilitate endotracheal resection and the insertion of a tracheobronchial stent.
D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000150:complications* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000295:instrumentation