title: Young man with dyspnoea for 6 months; presenting with subacute tracheal obstruction due to leiomyoma.
abstract: Tracheal leiomyoma is a rare benign tumour with less than a 100 cases reported in the literature. We report a case of leiomyoma initially presenting and being treated as asthma until it lead to life-threatening tracheal obstruction, requiring immediate surgical intervention.
authors: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
authors: Farah
authors: F
authors: Idrees
authors: Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors: Saulat Husnain
authors: SH
authors: Fatimi
authors: Department of Pathology, Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
authors: Shahid
authors: S
authors: Pervez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery