2013
DOI: 10.1155/2013/568590
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Abstract: The authors report on the case of a 67-year-old man with longstanding breathlessness, which was eventually attributed to a fixed mass in the upper third of the trachea causing upper airway obstruction. The lesion was amenable to loop electrocautery resection via flexible bronchoscopy that led to prompt resolution of patient symptoms. Biopsy was consistent with tracheal hamartoma, an exceedingly rare benign tracheal tumor. All the cases of tracheal hamartomas in the literature to date, the application of electr… Show more

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“…Almost all documented cases of endotracheal hamartoma with appropriate therapy, including our two cases, have resulted in minimal to no complications with a low rate of recurrence. In our literature review, an overwhelming majority of patients, like the second of our two cases, are Caucasian males with varying degrees of tobacco use and concurrent diagnoses of obstructive pulmonary disease with resolution of symptoms after surgical resection of the lesion [5] , [7] , [8] , [9] . Only one study by Suzuki et al described a 70 year-old Japanese man with a peripheral intrapulmonary and endotracheal hamartoma but their focus was on multiple pulmonary hamartomas [2] .…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Almost all documented cases of endotracheal hamartoma with appropriate therapy, including our two cases, have resulted in minimal to no complications with a low rate of recurrence. In our literature review, an overwhelming majority of patients, like the second of our two cases, are Caucasian males with varying degrees of tobacco use and concurrent diagnoses of obstructive pulmonary disease with resolution of symptoms after surgical resection of the lesion [5] , [7] , [8] , [9] . Only one study by Suzuki et al described a 70 year-old Japanese man with a peripheral intrapulmonary and endotracheal hamartoma but their focus was on multiple pulmonary hamartomas [2] .…”
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confidence: 99%
“…In an effort to avoid pneumonectomy and afford rapid palliation of dyspnea, loop electrocautery was selected as the most appropriate therapy. The lesion was partially resected by loop electrocautery under the guidance of a flexible bronchoscopy [ 9 ]. Following resection, plenty of sputum was sprayed from the left lower lobe.…”
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chymal origin, is extremely rare, with <20 adult cases to be found in the literature [2] . Due to signs and symptoms that mimic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), there is usually a delay in diagnosing this tumor [3] .
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