Granular cell tumour in a child's trachea--a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.
Granular cell tumours (GCT) are uncommon benign neoplasms of neurogenic origin, only rarely occurring in the trachea. This report describes a 12-year-old boy suffering from progressing dyspnea. A GCT, located both intra- and extraluminally in the lower cervical trachea, was diagnosed by CT scan and endoscopy. The airway was secured primarily by a low tracheotomy after institution of a femorofemoral bypass in the face of inadequate oxygenation and secondarily by tracheal resection and end-to-end anastomosis.
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Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital of Umeå, Sweden.
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D002648:Child; D004724:Endoscopy; D016586:Granular Cell Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014139:Tracheostomy