title: Tracheal schwannoma: a rare tracheal tumour.
abstract: Primary tracheal tumours are histologically similar but 100 times less common than main stem tumours. We report a case of primary tracheal schwannoma in a middle aged man. He had chronic cough for 2 years, and developed hemoptysis and stridor in the days preceding to presentation. He was treated by resection of the tumour and primary anatomosis of the trachea. The patient recovered well after surgery and had a near normal PEFR after one and a half year of follow-up and bronchoscopic examination excluded any recurrence.
authors.affiliation: USRA Medical and Dental College, Rawalpindi.
authors.forename: Muhammad Sultan
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Muzaffar
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Umair
authors.forename: Mujahid Zulfiqar
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Muhammad Shoaib
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hanif
mesh_terms: D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*