Primary tracheal fibrosarcoma in a child: a case of tracheal resection under ECMO support.
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.
Shiraishi
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Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Fukuoka University, School of Medicine, Japan.
Kawahara
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Shirakusa
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Tashiro
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Imakiire
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Okabayashi
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Iwasaki
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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*