Endotracheal metastases in renal cell carcinoma: A life-threatening but treatable complication.
Endotracheal obstruction, by primary bronchogenic carcinoma or by metastases from extrapulmonary tumors, is a rare and life-threatening complication in cancer patients. The trachea is an extremely rare location for metastases from non-pulmonary tumors. We report a patient with metastatic renal cell carcinoma who developed almost complete obstruction of the trachea and who was successfully managed with bronchoscopic resection of endotracheal metastases.
Shavit
Linda
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Department of Medicine, Sha'are Zedek Medical Center, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Maly
Bella
B
Rosenbaum
Eli
E
Grenader
Tal
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