title: Adult inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the trachea: case report and literature review.
abstract: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the trachea is a rare benign tumor in adults. It is mostly seen before the age of 16. We describe a 20-year-old female patient who presented with stridor. She had a fixed obstruction on spirometry, and computed tomography and bronchoscopy confirmed tracheal thickening and stenosis below the vocal cords and bronchial wall thickening at the level of the carina. Bronchoscopic biopsy confirmed an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. She recovered after mechanical dilatation and resection via rigid bronchoscopy, followed by corticosteroid therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Farabi Hospital of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Funda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oztuna
authors.forename: Mehtap
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pehlivanlar
authors.forename: Yasin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Abul
authors.forename: Celal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tekinbas
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozoran
authors.forename: Tevfik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004106:Dilatation / Q000379:methods; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D007249:Inflammation / Q000503:physiopathology; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011282:Pregnenediones / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D011282:Pregnenediones; C021988:deflazacort