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KMID : 0383820070630020183
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2007 Volume.63 No. 2 p.183 ~ p.187
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A Glomus Tumor of the Trachea
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Lee Seung-Min
Lee Kye-Young
Lee Song-Am
Hwang Jae-Joon
Yoo Kwang-Ha
Kim Wan-Seop
Han Hye-Seung
Lee Jung-Hyun
Lee Jeong-Geun
Lee Tae-Hoon
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Abstract
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A glomus tumor is composed of modified smooth muscle cells that are similar to those of the glomus body. Its occurrence in the trachea is quite rare. To our knowledge, only 20 cases of glomus tumor of the trachea have been reported worldwide and there has been only 1 case in Korea. We report one case of a 58-year-old man with dyspnea who had a glomus tumor in the upper trachea with a review of literatures. The chest CT scan and bronchoscopy demonstrated a 2.5 cm sized lobulated tumor at the posterior wall of the upper trachea. It had an elongated shape with a broad base and with a highly vascularity. A simple resection of 3 levels of the trachearing was with a tumor and end-to-end anastomosis performed. Microscopic and immunohistochemical staining of the tumor revealed the characteristics of a glomus tumor.
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KEYWORD
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Glomus tumor, Trachea
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