title: Chamberlain mediastinotomy for diagnosis of adenoid cystic carcinoma of trachea.
abstract: Primary tracheal tumours are extremely rare. Bronchoscopy is the standard diagnostic procedure of obtaining biopsy of a tracheal mass, however it becomes challenging if the obstructing lesion is placed distally along the trachea occluding greater than 90% of the airway. We report the case of a 25-year-old male who suffered from severe tracheal stenosis. The lesion was biopsied through a chamberlain mediastinotomy, under local and mask anaesthesia and was found to be primary adenoid cystic carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Saulat H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Fatimi
authors.forename: Rubina A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sajwani
authors.forename: Nadeem
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rizvi
authors.forename: Muhammad A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Javed
authors.forename: Asmatullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Usman
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ahmad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008481:Mediastinoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D011187:Posture; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery