Tracheal glomus tumour.
A glomus tumour situated at the posterior wall of the trachea in a 65-year-old man presenting with dyspnoea and haemoptysis is described. The tumour was excised with an Nd-YAG laser, with no visible recurrence a year later. This is the fifth reported case of tracheal glomus tumour.
Arapantoni-Dadioti
P
P
Department of Pathology, Metaxas Memorial Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
Panayiotides
J
J
Fatsis
M
M
Antypas
G
G
D000368:Aged; D004417:Dyspnea; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006469:Hemoptysis; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012135:Respiratory Sounds; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery