Malignant tumor of the trachea in children: diagnostic pitfalls and surgical management.
Primary tracheal malignant neoplasms are very rare. Histologically, squamous cell and adenoid cystic carcinomas are the most common types of malignant primary tracheal tumors when all age groups are studied. In the past 5 years, we treated 2 children with tracheal mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Herein we report both cases and review the literature on the subject with particular emphasis on diagnosis and surgical management.
Romão
Rodrigo Luiz Pinto
RL
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Instituto Da Criança, Laboratory of Investigation in Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil. rodrigo.lp.romao@gmail.com
de Barros
Fábio
F
Maksoud Filho
João Gilberto
JG
Gonçalves
Manoel Ernesto Peçanha
ME
Cardoso
Sílvia
S
Tannuri
Ana Cristina Aoun
AC
Tannuri
Uenis
U
D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D056346:Sternotomy / Q000379:methods; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome