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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:201-202
© 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief Communication

Tracheal glomus tumor

Tamer Altinok, MD a , * , Ebru Cakir, MD b , Erkmen Gulhan, MD a , Irfan Tastepe, MD a

a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Atatürk Center For Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery, Ankara, Turkey
b Department of Pathology, Atatürk Center For Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery, Ankara, Turkey

Received for publication February 2, 2006; revisions received March 15, 2006; accepted for publication March 21, 2006.

* Address for reprints: Tamer Altinok, MD, Sehit Mustafa Bas Cad, 79/4, 06130 Aydinlikevler-Ankara, Turkey. (Email: taltinoks@yahoo.com).

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Drs Tastepe and Altinok (left to right)


The majority of glomus tumors occur in the dermis or subcutis of the extremities. It is extremely rare in the tracheobronchial tree: only 16 cases have been reported in the literature. 1 Go Although glomus tumors are predominantly benign, they rarely demonstrate an aggressive and malignant clinical course and histologic characteristics. Herein we discuss a patient with a tracheal glomus tumor classified as "uncertain malignant potential" according to the new World Health Organization (WHO) classification.

Clinical Summary

An 83-year-old woman presenting with hemoptysis and dyspnea was admitted to our hospital. She had a 3-month history of cough and progressive dyspnea. The results of chest roentgenography were normal. On physical examination, she had cyanosis and inspiratory-expiratory wheezing. Pulmonary function tests showed a forced vital capacity of 0.4 L (27%) and a forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity ratio of 73%. Arterial blood gas analysis on room air breathing showed a PO 2 of 40.1 mm Hg, a PCO 2 of 42.7 mm Hg, . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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