TY - JOUR T1 - Solitary Primary Tracheal Small-Cell Lung Cancer Causing Acute Respiratory Failure: Diagnosis and Treatment JF - Respiratory Care SP - 929 LP - 932 VL - 55 IS - 7 AU - Chou-Chin Lan AU - Mei-Chen Yang AU - Chih-Hsin Lee AU - Shiu-Feng Huang AU - Yao-Kuang Wu Y1 - 2010/07/01 UR - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/55/7/929.abstract N2 - 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. ER -