title: A rare tumor of trachea: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor diagnosis and endoscopic treatment.
abstract: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs) are rare childhood neoplasms, with benign clinical course. Although etiology of IMTs are not clear, recent studies have reported that IMT is a true neoplasm rather than a reactive or inflammatory lesion. IMTs are rarely seen in adults and tracheal involvement is also rare both in adults and also in children. We describe a 16-year old female patient who was misdiagnosed and treated as asthma in another center for a few months and presented with acute respiratory distress due to upper airway obstruction. Computerized tomography (CT) of the chest and rigid bronchoscopy revealed a mass lesion that was nearly totally obliterating tracheal lumen. Bronchoscopic resection was performed under general anesthesia and the final pathological diagnosis was tracheal IMT.
authors.affiliation: Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Department of Chest Diseases, İstanbul 34020, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Özgül
authors.affiliation: Dumlupınar University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Chest Diseases, Kütahya 43100, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ümran
authors.initials: Ü
authors.lastname: Toru
authors.affiliation: Karabük University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Chest Diseases, Karabük 78050, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Acat
authors.affiliation: Bağcılar Education and Research Hospital, Department of Chest Diseases, İstanbul 34200, Turkey.
authors.forename: Güler
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Özgül
authors.affiliation: Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Department of Chest Diseases, İstanbul 34020, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erdoğan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Çetinkaya
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep and Critical Care, MN OH 43210, United States.
authors.forename: H Erhan
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Dinçer
authors.affiliation: Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, İstanbul 34020, Turkey.
authors.forename: Derya Özden
authors.initials: DÖ
authors.lastname: Omaygenç
authors.affiliation: Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pathology, İstanbul 34020, Turkey.
authors.forename: Halide Nur
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Ürer
keywords: Bronchoscopy; Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor; Trachea