RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Adult Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Trachea: Case Report and Literature Review
JF Respiratory Care
FD American Association for Respiratory Care
SP e72
OP e76
DO 10.4187/respcare.02198
VO 58
IS 7
A1 Oztuna, Funda
A1 Pehlivanlar, Mehtap
A1 Abul, Yasin
A1 Tekinbas, Celal
A1 Ozoran, Yavuz
A1 Ozlu, Tevfik
YR 2013
UL http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/58/7/e72.abstract
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.