title: Surgical treatment of tracheal hamartoma.
abstract: Tracheal hamartoma is a rare tumor and difficult to diagnose. A case is presented in which tracheal hamartoma was misdiagnosed and treated for four years as asthma. The tumor was curatively excised via posterolateral thoracotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Atatürk Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Centre, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Taştepe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuzucu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demircan
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Liman
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Demirağ
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome