PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Oztuna, Funda
AU  - Pehlivanlar, Mehtap
AU  - Abul, Yasin
AU  - Tekinbas, Celal
AU  - Ozoran, Yavuz
AU  - Ozlu, Tevfik
TI  - Adult Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Trachea: Case Report and Literature Review
AID  - 10.4187/respcare.02198
DP  - 2013 Jul 01
TA  - Respiratory Care
PG  - e72--e76
VI  - 58
IP  - 7
4099  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/58/7/e72.short
4100  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/58/7/e72.full
AB  - Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the trachea is a rare benign tumor in adults. It is mostly seen before the age of 16. We describe a 20-year-old female patient who presented with stridor. She had a fixed obstruction on spirometry, and computed tomography and bronchoscopy confirmed tracheal thickening and stenosis below the vocal cords and bronchial wall thickening at the level of the carina. Bronchoscopic biopsy confirmed an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. She recovered after mechanical dilatation and resection via rigid bronchoscopy, followed by corticosteroid therapy.