A glomus tumour situated at the posterior wall of the trachea in a 65-year-old man presenting with dyspnoea and haemoptysis is described. The tumour was excised with an Nd-YAG laser, with no visible recurrence a year later. This is the fifth reported case of tracheal glomus tumour.
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