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- Case Report -
Tracheal Sleeve Resection and Reconstruction for a Senile Patient with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
Makoto Tada1, Yuki Takahashi1, Ryunosuke Maki1, Taijiro Mishina1, Masahiro Miyajima1, Atsushi Watanabe11Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine, Japan
Background. There are still few reports of tracheal sleeve resection and reconstruction in elderly patients. Case. An 84-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with a diagnosis of tracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma, which was revealed by a transbronchial biopsy. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed a tumor in the anterior wall of the thoracic trachea. We performed tracheal sleeve resection and reconstruction through median sternotomy. The postoperative course was uneventful. The patient was discharged from the hospital and allowed to return home 33 days after the surgery. Conclusion. A female octogenarian patient with tracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma was successfully treated with tracheal sleeve resection and has been well for 12 months without any signs of recurrence.
key words: Tracheal tumor, Sleeve resection, Adenoid cystic carcinoma, Octogenarian
Received: July 24, 2017
Accepted: October 26, 2017
JJLC 57 (7): 870-874, 2017
