A case of intratracheal schwannoma presenting at the emergency department with a diagnosis of asthmatic attack.
Primary tumors of the tracheobronchial tree are rare, and benign tumors are even rarer. Patients with tracheobronchial tumors are at times wrongly diagnosed with asthma. A 77-year-old woman presented to our Emergency Department with increasing dyspnea and stridor. She had been treated for bronchial asthma for the last 7 years. Due to the presence of the stridor, a cervical soft tissue computed tomography scan was performed. It revealed a tracheal polyp at the level of the thyroidal isthmus. Polyp excision with rigid bronchoscopy was performed by a thoracic surgeon. This case demonstrates that intratracheal masses should be considered in patients with dyspnea and stridor or in patients with asthma refractory to usual treatment.
Erol
Mehmet Muharrem
MM
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey.
Uzun
Hukum
H
Tekinbas
Celal
C
Gunduz
Abdulkadir
A
Turedi
Suleyman
S
Kosucu
Polat
P
D000368:Aged; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014746:Vimentin / Q000378:metabolism
D009418:S100 Proteins; D014746:Vimentin