T racheal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is an extremely rare cancer, with an incidence of fewer than 10 cases diagnosed in the United States annually. To our knowledge and after extensive literature searching in MEDLINE (PubMed) and Embase databases for published English-language articles, this is the first report of tracheal SCC metastatic to the skin. Our patient was participating in an antib...

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A 78-years-old man presented with weight loss, dyspnea, cough and hemoptysis. He was an ex-smoker with a smoking history of 30 pack-years. Imaging studies revealed an endoluminal carinal mass and a tumoral mass arising from the posterior wall of the trachea was observed bronchoscopically. Endoscopic argon plasma coagulation was performed to take biopsies and to regain the airway passage. Recana...

INTRATHORACIC GOITERS ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES: primary and secondary. Intrathoracic goiters (IG) can cause upper airway obstruction. The presence of obstructive symptoms secondary to increased thyroid growth and tracheal compression is major indication for surgery; however, goiters do not always require immediate surgical attention. In addition, although some diagnostic tests indicate u...

In selected patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma, (18)F-FDG PET/CT has been shown to have added value. We present 2 clinical examples in the settings of both iodine-concentrating and non-iodine-concentrating lesions with tracheal involvement with special reference to its importance in planning of surgery or radioiodine therapy and assessing completeness of surgery. We believe that the...

We report on a case of a fractured Ultraflex stent after placement for malignant tracheal stenosis. The patient was a 49-year-old female with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea causing airway stenosis. She was treated by non-covered Ultraflex stent followed by chemoradiotherapy. Twenty months after stent placement, more than half of the distal end of the stent was fractured and caused airw...

Objective: Only 1% of all malignancies the respiratory system are adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) trachea. ACC’s clinical course is frequently lengthy. Most patients first experience dyspnea, which looks like asthma or chronic bronchitis. The primary treatment choice surgical resection followed by radiotherapy due to small margins tumor. When surgery not an option, most cancers respond radiother...