title: Endotracheal metastases in renal cell carcinoma: A life-threatening but treatable complication.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Sha'are Zedek Medical Center, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shavit
authors.forename: Bella
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maly
authors.forename: Eli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rosenbaum
authors.forename: Tal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Grenader