title: Unusual malignant tracheal tumour presenting with acute airway obstruction.
abstract: A 25-year-old male presented with features of acute airways obstruction. He was diagnosed to have a lower tracheal mass with near total tracheal obstruction and complete obstruction of the left main bronchus. The tumour was resected successfully using a two-step method of ventilation. Histopathology of the mass revealed it to be a spindle cell sarcoma. Subsequently, local irradiation and systemic chemotherapy was given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. ranassk@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balamurali
authors.forename: V A C
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Dronamraju
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Batra
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Vasishta
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*