title: Tracheal schwannoma: management by endoscopic laser resection.
abstract: The case history is presented of a patient with a tracheal schwannoma who remains free of disease five and a half years after laser resection. This illustrates the potential of this approach in the management of tracheal schwannoma.
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cornell University Medical College, New York 10021.
authors.forename: V W
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Rusch
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D014132:Trachea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*