title: A hamartoma located in the trachea.
abstract: Hamartoma is rarely found to be localized in the trachea. In the literature, only about ten cases have been reported. A 52-year-old male who was being treated for asthma for 15 years applied to our hospital with a progressive dyspnea complaint. During his physical examination, stridor was heard, after which a computed tomography of his chest revealed a tracheal mass. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed a mass which obstructed 80% of the tracheal lumen attached to the posterior tracheal wall with a broad base. The mass was removed surgically with segmentary resection of the trachea. histopathological examination of the lesion indicated that it was a hamartoma. Hamartomas can localize in the trachea very rarely, causing serious obstruction.
authors: Department of Chest Diseases, Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Education and Research Hospital, Zeytinburnu, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Erdogan
authors: E
authors: Cetinkaya
authors: Gulsah
authors: G
authors: Gunluoglu
authors: Sule
authors: S
authors: Eyhan
authors: Mehmet Zeki
authors: MZ
authors: Gunluoglu
authors: Seyyit Ibrahim
authors: SI
authors: Dincer
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D001706:Biopsy; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome