Young man with dyspnoea for 6 months; presenting with subacute tracheal obstruction due to leiomyoma

Farah Idrees; Saulat Husnain Fatimi; Shahid Pervez

doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-216096

Young man with dyspnoea for 6 months; presenting with subacute tracheal obstruction due to leiomyoma

Farah Idrees, Saulat Husnain Fatimi, Shahid Pervez

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical College, Pakistan

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Tracheal leiomyoma is a rare benign tumour with less than a 100 cases reported in the literature. We report a case of leiomyoma initially presenting and being treated as asthma until it lead to life-threatening tracheal obstruction, requiring immediate surgical intervention.

Original language	English
Journal	BMJ Case Reports
Volume	2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-216096
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2016

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Young man with dyspnoea for 6 months; presenting with subacute tracheal obstruction due to leiomyoma

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