Tracheal schwannoma: management by endoscopic laser resection.
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.
Rusch
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Thoracic Surgery Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cornell University Medical College, New York 10021.
Schmidt
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RA
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*