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- Case Report -

A Case of Glomus Tumor of the Trachea

Yoshimasa Tokunaga¹, Tatsuo Nakagawa¹, Masao Saitoh¹, Takeshi Kondo^1
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tenri Hospital, Japan

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Background. Glomus tumor of the trachea is a rare disease. Case. We herein describe a 56-year-old man with an asymptomatic glomus tumor of the trachea who underwent tracheal resection and reconstruction. Thirty months after surgery, bronchoscopy and imaging studies revealed no evidence of recurrence. Conclusion. The clinicopathological features are discussed in this case report.
key words: Glomus tumor, Trachea, Resection

Received: May 28, 2015
Accepted: November 16, 2015

JJLC 56 (1): 12-16, 2016