title: Primary tracheal fibrosarcoma in a child: a case of tracheal resection under ECMO support.
abstract: We report a case of severe airway obstruction due to endotracheal fibrosarcoma in a 3-year-old boy. Successful tracheal resection and reconstruction was performed under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support. A solid, elastic hard tumor with a smooth surface was attached by a tiny stalk structure to the membranous part of the lower trachea. Histological findings of the tumor were consistent with infantile fibrosarcoma, showing proliferation of spindle cells forming interlacing patterns.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Fukuoka University, School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shirakusa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tashiro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imakiire
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okabayashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*