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Choi SG. Adenoid cystic carcinoma of distal trachea: A case report. Clin Case Rep 2024; 12:e8495. [PMID: 38371343 PMCID: PMC10874474 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.8495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024] Open
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Key Clinical Message This case report highlights the rarity of distal tracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma and emphasizes the importance of considering it as a differential diagnosis in patients presenting with sustained dyspnea. Early diagnosis and a multidisciplinary approach involving thoracic surgeons, radiation oncologists, and medical oncologists are crucial for optimal treatment planning and patient outcomes. Further research is warranted to better understand the pathogenesis, molecular characteristics, and optimal management strategies for this rare tracheal malignancy. Abstract Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is an unusual malignant neoplasm that mostly arises in the minor salivary glands. It can also occur in various mucous membrane-lined structures, including the trachea. The treatment of choice is surgery in resectable cases, but radiotherapy and chemotherapy are generally utilized for unresectable cases or palliative treatment. In this study, I report my experience with a case of unresectable ACC occurring in a distal trachea treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT), based on the patient's clinical presentation, diagnostic workup, histopathological findings, treatment modalities, and long-term prognosis.
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- Sang Gyu Choi
- Department of Radiation OncologyDankook University Hospital, Dankook University School of MedicineCheonanChungcheognamdoKorea
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Sugimoto C, Teranishi S, Sawazumi T, Nagaoka S, Nagayama H, Segawa W, Hiro S, Kajita Y, Maeda C, Kubo S, Seki K, Tashiro K, Kobayashi N, Yamamoto M, Kudo M, Kaneko T. Primary tracheal small-cell carcinoma detected 11 months after surgery for pulmonary large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: A case report. Thorac Cancer 2023; 14:1212-1216. [PMID: 36977572 PMCID: PMC10151133 DOI: 10.1111/1759-7714.14860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Primary tracheal small-cell carcinoma is rare, and is often treated using small-cell lung cancer guidelines given that no standard treatment has been established for it. We report a patient in whom nodules appeared in the trachea and left main bronchus 11 months after surgery for pulmonary large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma; a biopsy revealed small-cell carcinoma. Given the absence of malignant lesions elsewhere in the body, the lesions were diagnosed as primary tracheal small-cell carcinoma. Respiratory failure progressed rapidly owing to airway stenosis caused by the growing lesion, and the patient required nasal high-flow therapy. However, the lesions shrank a few days after commencing first-line chemotherapy, and his respiratory failure resolved. Accelerated hyperfractionated radiotherapy was administered in conjunction with the third course of chemotherapy, and the patient ultimately achieved a complete response. Although the lesions were initially suspected of being postoperative recurrence of pulmonary large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, the fact that the biopsy revealed them to be primary tracheal small-cell carcinoma indicates that intra-airway nodules that appear after lung cancer surgery may possibly be primary tracheal tumors.
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- Chihiro Sugimoto
- Respiratory Disease Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, 232-0024, Japan
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- Respiratory Disease Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, 232-0024, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, 232-0024, Japan
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- Respiratory Disease Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, 232-0024, Japan
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- Respiratory Disease Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, 232-0024, Japan
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- Respiratory Disease Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, 232-0024, Japan
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- Respiratory Disease Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, 232-0024, Japan
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- Respiratory Disease Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, 232-0024, Japan
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- Respiratory Disease Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, 232-0024, Japan
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- Respiratory Disease Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, 232-0024, Japan
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- Respiratory Disease Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, 232-0024, Japan
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- Respiratory Disease Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, 232-0024, Japan
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- Department of Pulmonology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan
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- Respiratory Disease Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, 232-0024, Japan
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- Respiratory Disease Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, 232-0024, Japan
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- Department of Pulmonology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan
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Fukumitsu K, Ning Y, Kanemitsu Y, Tajiri T, Okuda K, Fukuda S, Uemura T, Ohkubo H, Takemura M, Maeno K, Ito Y, Oguri T, Takakuwa O, Niimi A. Tracheal Glomus Tumor Complicated with Asthma Exacerbation in a Pregnant Woman. Intern Med 2022. [PMID: 36450466 PMCID: PMC10400392 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.0510-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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A 34-year-old pregnant woman in the 34th week of gestation with uncontrolled asthma was admitted because of asthma exacerbation. Although she received bronchodilators and systemic corticosteroids, respiratory failure rapidly progressed. Chest computed tomography revealed a mass occluding approximately 80% of the tracheal lumen. After urgent Caesarean section, endobronchial resection was performed. The pathological findings of the resected tumor were compatible with tracheal glomus tumor. Tracheal tumors are often misdiagnosed as asthma, but its complication with asthma is rare. Even if the diagnosis of asthma is definitive, clinicians should consider coexisting diseases, including tracheal tumors, when asthma control is poor.
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- Kensuke Fukumitsu
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Oncology, Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan
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Elhidsi M, Zaini J, Ghanie A, Huswatun AL, Beginta R, Mety SH, Syahruddin E. Therapeutic bronchoscopy followed by sequential radiochemotherapy in the management of life-threatening tracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma: a case report. J Med Case Rep 2022; 16:243. [PMID: 35718781 PMCID: PMC9208154 DOI: 10.1186/s13256-022-03452-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lung is a distinctive salivary-gland-type malignant epithelial neoplasm that rarely presents as a primary tumor of the respiratory tract. Complete surgical resection remains the treatment of choice for adenoid cystic carcinoma. We present a case of large ACC tumors that caused severe central airway obstruction and were effectively treated with therapeutic bronchoscopy followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Case presentation A 31-year-old Malay Indonesian female patient who was a nonsmoker and had no family history of cancer was admitted to the emergency ward because of worsening breathlessness accompanied by stridor since 1 week prior. Chest computed tomography revealed segmental atelectasis of the left lung; a mass on the left main bronchus, with infiltrates in segments 1, 2, and 3 of the left lung; and consolidation in the left inferior lobe, with narrowing of the main left bronchus. Lobulated masses obstructing almost the entire distal trachea up to the carina and the entire left main bronchus were found on bronchoscopy. Owing to the large tumors causing severe central airway obstruction, the medical team decided to perform central airway mass removal through rigid bronchoscopy. A neodymium-doped yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser was used first to facilitate mass shrinkage. After the laser treatment, mechanical mass removal using a rigid scope was performed. The tracheal and carinal lumens were opened to > 50% of their diameter, with the left main bronchus lumen opened only slightly. After the treatment, the patient was stable, and no stridor was found. Adjuvant intensity-modulated radiotherapy and chemotherapy were performed after the therapeutic bronchoscopy. At the end of the entire treatment, reevaluation by thoracic computed tomography scan and bronchoscopy revealed no remaining mass. Conclusions In cases of nonresectable large adenoid cystic carcinoma tumors with life-threatening central airway obstruction, therapeutic bronchoscopy followed by sequential radiochemotherapy might achieve a complete response outcome.
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- Mia Elhidsi
- Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Persahabatan National Respiratory Referral Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia. .,Indonesian Bronchoscopy Society, Perbronki, Jakarta, Indonesia.
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- Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Persahabatan National Respiratory Referral Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Universitas UPN Veteran Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia.,Department of Radiology, Persahabatan National Respiratory Referral Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Persahabatan National Respiratory Referral Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Pathology, Persahabatan National Respiratory Referral Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Thoracic, Cardiac, and Vascular Surgery, Persahabatan National Respiratory Referral Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.,Thoracic, Cardiac, and Vascular Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Persahabatan National Respiratory Referral Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
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Kovacs AC, Vodanovich D, Mogridge EK, Wun L, Corry J. A case of primary tracheal squamous cell carcinoma arising from malignant transformation of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, with a complete response to concurrent chemoradiotherapy. SAGE Open Med Case Rep 2021; 9:2050313X211054623. [PMID: 34707869 PMCID: PMC8543711 DOI: 10.1177/2050313x211054623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis is a human papillomavirus-mediated condition characterised by the development of benign squamous papillomata of the respiratory tract. Malignant transformation of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, while rare, carries a poor prognosis and there are limited data surrounding treatment options, particularly in inoperable disease. We present the case of a 64-year-old male who developed malignant airway obstruction secondary to primary tracheal squamous cell carcinoma in the setting of a 5-year history of recurrent laryngotracheal papillomatosis, requiring placement of tracheostomy while on veno-venous extracorporeal membranous oxygenation. He was managed with cisplatin-based definitive chemoradiotherapy and had a complete metabolic response on post-treatment positron emission tomography/computed tomography, and remains free of recurrent squamous cell carcinoma at 16 months following treatment. This case supports the use of combined chemoradiotherapy as a potential therapeutic option for patients with primary tracheal squamous cell carcinoma, and emphasises the challenges associated with the long-term management of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.
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- Aaron C Kovacs
- Department of ENT/Head and Neck Surgery, St
Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of ENT/Head and Neck Surgery, St
Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of ENT/Head and Neck Surgery, St
Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of ENT/Head and Neck Surgery, St
Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- GenesisCare Radiotherapy, St Vincent’s
Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Medicine, The University of
Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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