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A Glomus Tumor of the Trachea  

Lee, Seung Min (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Konkuk University)
Lee, Jung Hyun (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Konkuk University)
Hwang, Jae Jun (Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Konkuk University)
Lee, Song Am (Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Konkuk University)
Lee, Jeong Geun (Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University)
Kim, Wan Seop (Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University)
Han, Hye Seung (Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University)
Lee, Tae Hoon (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Konkuk University)
Yoo, Gwang Ha (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Konkuk University)
Lee, Kye Young (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Konkuk University)
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases / v.63, no.2, 2007 , pp. 183-187 More about this Journal
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Glomus tumor; Trachea;
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