title: Intratracheal metastasis secondary to soft tissue liposarcoma.
abstract: Intratracheal metastasis from non-pulmonary neoplasm is extremely rare. We report a 53-year-old woman presenting with upper airway obstruction and stridor due to intratracheal metastasis from latissimus dorsi liposarcoma. Chest computed tomography revealed an intratracheal mass leading to intralumimal obstruction of the upper airway. At rigid bronchoscopy, a 2-cm intratracheal mass was identified and resected with endobronchial electrosurgery to establish a satisfactory airway with marked symptomatic benefit. We discuss this unusual metastatic presentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, HU3 2JZ, The United Kingdom. drsnnair@hotmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ladas
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D004598:Electrosurgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery