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- Title
The mimic of tracheal carcinoid in elderly female.
- Authors
Rali, Parth; Jasani, Namrata; Arshad, Hammad; Jianwu Xie; Balaan, Marvin
- Abstract
We present a case of a glomus tumor of trachea in an elderly female who presented with a mass originating from the posterior trachea. She underwent rigid bronchoscopy with tumor debulking combined with laser therapy. Frozen section initially suggested carcinoid tumor but later turned out to be a glomus tumor. She improved with additional laser therapy. We present her clinical course and a literature review on glomus tumor.
- Subjects
GLOMUS tumors; TRACHEA tumors; OLDER people; COMPUTED tomography; PATIENTS
- Publication
Lung India, 2018, Vol 35, Issue 1, p47
- ISSN
0970-2113
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/0970-2113.221726