A rare tumor of trachea: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor diagnosis and endoscopic treatment

• Main Authors: Mehmet Akif Özgül, Ümran Toru, Murat Acat, Güler Özgül, Erdoğan Çetinkaya, H. Erhan Dinçer, Derya Özden Omaygenç, Halide Nur Ürer
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
• Series: Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
• Subjects: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor; Trachea; Bronchoscopy
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007114000458
• ISSN: 2213-0071

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs) are rare childhood neoplasms, with benign clinical course. Although etiology of IMTs are not clear, recent studies have reported that IMT is a true neoplasm rather than a reactive or inflammatory lesion. IMTs are rarely seen in adults and tracheal involvement is also rare both in adults and also in children. We describe a 16-year old female patient who was misdiagnosed and treated as asthma in another center for a few months and presented with acute respiratory distress due to upper airway obstruction. Computerized tomography (CT) of the chest and rigid bronchoscopy revealed a mass lesion that was nearly totally obliterating tracheal lumen. Bronchoscopic resection was performed under general anesthesia and the final pathological diagnosis was tracheal IMT.