PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lan, Chou-Chin
AU  - Yang, Mei-Chen
AU  - Lee, Chih-Hsin
AU  - Huang, Shiu-Feng
AU  - Wu, Yao-Kuang
TI  - Solitary Primary Tracheal Small-Cell Lung Cancer Causing Acute Respiratory Failure: Diagnosis and Treatment
DP  - 2010 Jul 01
TA  - Respiratory Care
PG  - 929--932
VI  - 55
IP  - 7
4099  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/55/7/929.short
4100  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/55/7/929.full
AB  - Small-cell lung cancer often presents as an extensive cancer, and rarely as a solitary tracheal tumor. We report a 41-year-old male smoker with dyspnea and wheezing that was initially diagnosed as asthma and treated with bronchodilators. He was later intubated for acute respiratory failure, and computed tomography revealed a tracheal mass. Solitary primary small-cell lung cancer was diagnosed via bronchoscopic biopsy. The patient received bronchoscopic electro-surgery and was successfully extubated. Concurrent chemo-radiotherapy was performed due to the stage IV small-cell lung cancer.