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Tracheal schwannoma: Completely resected with therapeutic bronchoscopic techniques
Author(s) -
Bina Isaac,
Devasahayam J Christopher,
Balamugesh Thangakunam,
Mayank Gupta
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.156252
Subject(s) - medicine , schwannoma , bronchoscopy , radiology , surgery
Tracheal schwannomas are rare benign tumors of the trachea. There are only a few reported cases in the literature. Surgeons have generally resected these tumors, whereas bronchoscopists have attempted to remove them bronchoscopically. We report a case of tracheal schwannoma which was completely resected using bronchoscopic techniques.

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