title: Chondrosarcoma originating from the trachea.
abstract: We report a tracheal chondrosarcoma in a 54-year-old man, treated with neodymium:yttrium-aluminum garnet laser vaporization via fiberoptic bronchoscopy followed by surgical resection. Chondrosarcomas of the trachea are extremely rare tumors. To our knowledge, there are 9 cases of chondrosarcoma of the trachea reported in the English-language literature, to which we add the tenth.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiriyama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Masaoka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamakawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Niwa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fukai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*