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Successful resection of a glomus tumor arising from the lower trachea: Report of a case

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Tracheal glomus tumors are extremely rare. We present herein the case of a 43-year-old man with hoarseness who was found to have a glomus tumor arising from the lower trachea. Bronchoscopy and chest computed tomography revealed a polypoid mass in the membranous portion of the trachea just above the carina. The patient underwent successful tracheal sleeve resection and reconstruction. A pathologic diagnosis of a glomus tumor with clear surgical margins was subsequently confirmed, and the patient is well 20 months postoperatively with an intact anastomosis.

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  1. Department of Surgery II, National Defense Medical College, 3-2 Namiki, 359, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan

    Masazumi Watanabe, Keigo Takagi, Katsuaki Ono, Teruhiro Aoki & Susumu Tanaka

  2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Defense Medical College, 3-2 Namiki, 359, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan

    Hideyuki Shimazaki & Shinsuke Aida

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Watanabe, M., Takagi, K., Ono, K. et al. Successful resection of a glomus tumor arising from the lower trachea: Report of a case. Surg Today 28, 332–334 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005950050134

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