title: Malignant transformation of a tracheal chondroma: The second reported case and review of the literature.
abstract: Tracheal tumors are rare, representing only 0.2% of the respiratory tract malignancies. Chondrosarcoma arising in the trachea was first described in 1959 by Jackson et al. and since then only 20 cases have been described. We report the second documented case of malignant transformation from an endotracheal chondroma, in a 75-year-old woman, and review the literature.
authors.affiliation: Service de Oncologie Thoracique - Maladies de La Plèvre - Pneumologie Interventionnelle, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maia
authors.affiliation: Service de Oncologie Thoracique - Maladies de La Plèvre - Pneumologie Interventionnelle, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Elharrar
authors.affiliation: Service de Oncologie Thoracique - Maladies de La Plèvre - Pneumologie Interventionnelle, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Laroumagne
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maldonado
authors.affiliation: Service de Oncologie Thoracique - Maladies de La Plèvre - Pneumologie Interventionnelle, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France; Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Astoul
authors.affiliation: Service de Oncologie Thoracique - Maladies de La Plèvre - Pneumologie Interventionnelle, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France. Electronic address: hdutau@ap-hm.fr.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dutau
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002812:Chondroma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Chondroma; Chondrosarcoma; Trachea