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  • Title: [Diagnosis and treatment of a benign tracheal tumour: a schwannoma].
    Author: Girard C, Chambonnière ML, Vergnon JM.
    Journal: Rev Mal Respir; 2004 Nov; 21(5 Pt 1):983-8. PubMed ID: 15622345.
    Abstract:
    INTRODUCTION: Schwannomas are extremely rare benign tumours in the tracheo-bronchial tree. CASE REPORT: A rigid bronchoscopy was performed in a fifty-six-year-old woman with clinical features of atypical asthma. It permitted total resection and histological examination of a tracheal tumour. It was identified as a benign schwannoma. CONCLUSION: Using this case report as an illustration, and an analysis of the world literature, the clinical, investigative, histological and therapeutic aspects of tracheo-bronchial schwannoma are discussed. Dyspnoea seems to be the most frequent initial symptom. Investigations, including flexible bronchoscopy, failed to reach a diagnosis. In the past, thoracic surgery was the gold standard treatment, but nowadays, rigid bronchoscopy would be the first choice technique for endo-tracheal or endo-bronchial tumours allowing both histological analysis and complete resection.
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