title: A new surgical technique for adenoid cystic carcinoma involving tracheal carina.
abstract: Reported is the successful treatment of a 24-year-old male with adenocystic carcinoma involving the tracheal carina, in which the tumor extended along the right main bronchus across the orifice of the right upper lobe. The patient underwent a carinal resection plus right upper lobectomy and reconstruction of the carina, resulting in neither anastomotic complication nor recurrence of disease during 28 months of follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yedikule Teaching Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul 81080, Turkey.
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sayar
authors.forename: Muzaffer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Metin
authors.forename: Okan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Solak
authors.forename: Akif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Turna
authors.forename: Süha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alzafer
authors.forename: Turan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ece
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*