title: Extended tracheal resection for chondroma.
abstract: We report a case of a 43-year-old man who underwent an extended resection of the lower trachea for primary chondroma. Tracheal chondroma is a rare benign disease, arising from the cartilaginous rings, that grows intra-luminally or extends through the tracheal wall determining an obstructing syndrome. The endoscopy may be useful for diagnosis and palliative treatment, but the tracheal resection is recommended because the risk of recurrence or malignant transformation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, Italy. federico.rea@unipd.it
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rea
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marulli
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bortolotti
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sartori
authors.forename: Fiorella
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Calabrese
authors.forename: Cinzia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giacometti
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rizzardi
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gasparini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002812:Chondroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*