Chamberlain Mediastinotomy for Diagnosis of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of Trachea
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Nadeem Rizvi; Muhammad Javed; Usman Ahmad; Saulat H. Fatimi; Asmatullah Khan; Rubina A. Sajwani
- Source
- Heart, Lung and Circulation. 17:515-516
- Subject
- Adult
Male
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology
Adenoid cystic carcinoma
Posture
Anterior mediastinotomy
Lesion
Bronchoscopy
Biopsy
Humans
Medicine
Mediastinotomy
Mediastinoscopy
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
respiratory system
medicine.disease
Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic
Tracheal Stenosis
Tracheal Neoplasms
Radiology
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Airway
- Language
- ISSN
- 1443-9506
Primary tracheal tumours are extremely rare. Bronchoscopy is the standard diagnostic procedure of obtaining biopsy of a tracheal mass, however it becomes challenging if the obstructing lesion is placed distally along the trachea occluding greater than 90% of the airway. We report the case of a 25-year-old male who suffered from severe tracheal stenosis. The lesion was biopsied through a chamberlain mediastinotomy, under local and mask anaesthesia and was found to be primary adenoid cystic carcinoma.