title: Surgical management of malignant tumors of the trachea: report of two cases and review of literature.
abstract: Malignant neoplasms occurring from the trachea are extremely rare. Therefore, their clinical characteristics and surgical results have not been thoroughly discussed. These tumors are often misdiagnosed and treated as bronchial asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is critically important to probe the cause-effect relationship between the medical presentations and the clinical diagnosis. In this report, two cases of tracheal malignancy suffering from dyspnea due to obstruction of the proximal trachea are described, and a review of the literature is presented.
authors: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors: Ryuji
authors: R
authors: Yasumatsu
authors: Junichi
authors: J
authors: Fukushima
authors: Torahiko
authors: T
authors: Nakashima
authors: Hideki
authors: H
authors: Kadota
authors: Yuichi
authors: Y
authors: Segawa
authors: Akihiro
authors: A
authors: Tamae
authors: Masato
authors: M
authors: Kato
authors: Shizuo
authors: S
authors: Komune