title: Primary tracheal schwannoma: a case report.
abstract: We present a rare case of primary tracheal schwannoma in a 49-year-old man who had experienced obstructive airway symptoms for 4 years. Computed Tomography (CT) showed an intratracheal polipoid mass lesion originating from the left lateral wall. Fibre-optic bronchoscopy revealed the diagnosis of an intratracheal poylpoid mass obstructing 70% of the lumen. After diagnosing a benign lesion by punch biopsies with bronchoscopy, thoracotomy was performed and the tumour was totally excised. Histopathological examination revealed a benign neurogenic tumour of schwann cell origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yedikule Teaching Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Dincer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fener
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Altin
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery