title: An uncommon indication for tracheal resection.
abstract: In well selected cases, in which preoperative investigations allow us to plan a tracheal resection-anastomosis, surgery is the best current treatment also for secondary tumours involving the trachea. We report a case of a patient suffering from severe dyspnoea for tracheal stenosis due to recurrence of an epidermoid cancer of the tongue. Surgical treatment allowed us to obtain very good palliation.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rusca
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carbognani
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cattelani
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spaggiari
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Solli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bobbio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014140:Tracheotomy