“…However, when the SEP is a carinal tumor like our patient exhibited, carinal resectional surgery is a poor option as the procedure has high mortality and morbidity rates of up to 13% and 39%, respectively, in a large case series (11). Recently, bronchoscopic intervention has been shown to be a safe and effective tool for the treatment of tracheobronchial tumors (12,13). However, bronchoscopic intervention for a curative intent should be carefully applied to wide-based tumors due to the difficulty in completely removing them.…”