Glomus tumor of the trachea.
Extracutaneous glomus tumors are uncommon and rarely occur in the trachea. We describe a 73-year-old man with a glomus tumor of the trachea who presented with cough, dyspnea, chest pain, and hemoptysis. A curative segmental tracheal resection with primary reconstruction was performed with no recurrence at 6-year follow-up. The clinicopathologic features of this unusual neoplasm are discussed with a review of the literature.
Gowan
R T
RT
Department of Pathology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Shamji
F M
FM
Perkins
D G
DG
Maziak
D E
DE
D000368:Aged; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*