Glomus tumor of the trachea.
Glomus tumors of the trachea are rare and benign, but most become symptomatic, so they need intervention. A 21-year-old man was evaluated due to cough and hemoptysis. Computed tomography and bronchoscopy showed a polypoid mass above the carina. The tumor was removed completely by rigid bronchoscopy. The pathologic diagnosis was glomus tumor. After one year, because of recurrence of the tumor at the same site, the patient underwent reoperation, and resection and anastomosis of trachea through a right posterolateral thoracotomy was performed.
Endoscopic & Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad, Iran.
Seyyed Hossein Fattahi
SH
Masoum
Department of Pathology, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad, Iran.
Amir Hossein
AH
Jafarian
Department of Anesthesiology, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad, Iran.
Ali Reza Sharifian
AR
Attar
COPD Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Davood
D
Attaran
Cardiothoracic Surgery & Transplant Research Center, Emam Reza Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran CTSTRC@mums.ac.ir.
Reza
R
Afghani
Department of General Surgery, Emam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Azadeh Jabbari
AJ
Noghabi
D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
Endoscopy; glomus tumor; tracheal neoplasms