title: Primary tracheal schwannoma.
abstract: We report a case of a primary tracheal schwannoma causing symptoms of airway obstruction in a 33-year-old man. Bronchoscopy and computerized tomography demonstrated a polypoid intratracheal mass obstructing 90% of the lumen. Tracheal resection with primary anastomosis was performed. Histologic analysis revealed a benign neurogenic tumor of Schwann cell origin.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery Service, Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dorfman
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Jamison
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Morin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011127:Polyps / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014140:Tracheotomy