title: Successful resection of a glomus tumor arising from the lower trachea: report of a case.
abstract: Tracheal glomus tumors are extremely rare. We present herein the case of a 43-year-old man with hoarseness who was found to have a glomus tumor arising from the lower trachea. Bronchoscopy and chest computed tomography revealed a polypoid mass in the membranous portion of the trachea just above the carina. The patient underwent successful tracheal sleeve resection and reconstruction. A pathologic diagnosis of a glomus tumor with clear surgical margins was subsequently confirmed, and the patient is well 20 months postoperatively with an intact anastomosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimazaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aida
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome