title: Leiomyoma of the trachea.
abstract: Benign tracheal tumors are rare but important to recognize early because they are curable. A 70-year-old man had a brief history of asthma-like symptoms. Bronchoscopy showed a mass in the lower trachea. The biopsy specimen was interpreted as a benign spindle cell tumor, defined histologically as leiomyoma. This appears to be the 11th report of tracheal leiomyoma.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*