title: Leiomyoma of the Trachea: a case report.
abstract: We present a surgical case of a rare primary tracheal tumor. In a 44-year-old asymptomatic man, computed tomography (CT), performed as part of health check-up, revealed a tumor measuring 1.5 cm in diameter in the mediastinal trachea. Biopsy failed to yield a definitive diagnosis, but the tumor tended to grow rapidly; therefore, surgery was performed. Five tracheal rings were resected through median sternotomy, followed by interrupted suture with 3-0 absorbable thread. The postoperative course has been favorable with no evidence of recurrence. The pathological diagnosis was leiomyoma. We report this case with literature review.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Center, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka-Higashi 2-1-1-1, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 078-8510, Japan. k1111@asahikawa-med.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitada
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Center, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka-Higashi 2-1-1-1, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 078-8510, Japan. a090066@ed.asahikawa-med.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Center, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka-Higashi 2-1-1-1, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 078-8510, Japan. kei_dod@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Center, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka-Higashi 2-1-1-1, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 078-8510, Japan. shayashi@asahikawa-med.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Center, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka-Higashi 2-1-1-1, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 078-8510, Japan. matsuyo@asahikawa-med.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yoshinari
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matuda
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Center, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka-Higashi 2-1-1-1, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 078-8510, Japan. yohsaki@asahikawa-med.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yoshinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohsaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka-Higashi 2-1-1-1, Asahikawa, Japan. mao@asahikawa-med.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Naoyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miyokawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D056346:Sternotomy / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery