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KMID : 0376419960200020289
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Chonbuk University Medical Journal
1996 Volume.20 No. 2 p.289 ~ p.292
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Leiomyoma of the Trachea
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Abstract
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We present a 36-year-old male who was found to have mass within the trachea. This patients was admitted for the evaluation of cough ans hemoptysis. Chest CT scan showed a 3×3×2cm sized mass occluding nearly 55% of tracheal lumen. A segmental
sleeve
resection was performed with end to end anastomosis. Histologically, the mass was smooth muscle tumor composed of eosinophilic spindle cells in interlacing bundles with pale elongated nuclei covered by bronchial epithelium. On immunohistochemical
staining, the tumor cells were positive for actin.
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