Open AccessTracheal Bronchus With Metachronous Tumor
Author(s) -
Regina da Conceição Corredeira Monteiro,
Irlen Antônio Gonçalves,
Bárbara Parente,
João Moura e Sá
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0b013e31826c64d4
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchus , malignancy , right main bronchus , asymptomatic , bronchoscopy , basal cell , radiology , lung cancer , surgery , lung , pathology , respiratory disease
Tracheal bronchus, a bronchus arising from the lateral wall of the trachea, is a rare congenital anomaly. It is usually asymptomatic but symptoms could occur with relatively poor local drainage. There are a few cases of lung cancer within the tracheal bronchus reported in the literature; however, none of them were reported to be metachronous. A metachronous tumor is a second primary malignancy diagnosed >6 months after the diagnosis of the index tumor. We present a case of a squamous cell carcinoma originating in a tracheal bronchus of a 53-year-old patient previously diagnosed with a supraglottic malignancy.