An uncommon indication for tracheal resection

J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 1996 Feb;37(1):89-91.

Abstract

In well selected cases, in which preoperative investigations allow us to plan a tracheal resection-anastomosis, surgery is the best current treatment also for secondary tumours involving the trachea. We report a case of a patient suffering from severe dyspnoea for tracheal stenosis due to recurrence of an epidermoid cancer of the tongue. Surgical treatment allowed us to obtain very good palliation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / complications
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery*
  • Endoscopy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tongue Neoplasms / complications
  • Tongue Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Trachea / surgery*
  • Tracheal Neoplasms / complications
  • Tracheal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Tracheal Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Tracheal Stenosis / etiology
  • Tracheal Stenosis / surgery*
  • Tracheotomy