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Case Reports
. 2020 Oct 28;2020(10):rjaa430.
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjaa430. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Primary tracheal schwannoma resected in a Turner syndrome patient: a case report

D A Chávez-Fernández  1 , E Zúñiga-Garza  1 , R A López-Saucedo  2
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Primary tracheal schwannoma resected in a Turner syndrome patient: a case report

D A Chávez-Fernández et al. J Surg Case Rep. .

Abstract

We report a case of primary tracheal schwannoma in a 31-year-old woman. She had a previous history of follicular thyroid carcinoma treated surgically and Turner syndrome. In a follow-up computed tomography scan, we found a partially obstructing intraluminal tracheal tumor, which was confirmed by bronchoscopy. The patient was treated by surgical resection and primary tracheal anastomosis. The tumor was 14 mm in diameter, with an intact capsule. Histologic analysis revealed a Schwann cell origin tumor.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
(A) CT scan showing an endotracheal tumor at the left posterior tracheal wall; (B) bronchoscopy view showing partial airway obstruction caused by the tumor.
Figure 2
Figure 2
(A) Anterior tracheotomy at the fourth tracheal ring; (B) gross resection specimen.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Histologic findings: the tumor was formed by spindle cells with elongated palisading nuclei; hematoxylin and eosin stain.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Bronchoscopy view at the tumoral resection site after 4 weeks from surgery.
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