The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 95, 347-350, Copyright © 1988 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Mucous gland adenoma of the trachea: case report and literature review
CJ Ferguson and JA Cleeland
Department of Thoracic Surgery, City Hospital, Nottingham, England.
Adenoma arising from bronchial mucous glands is extremely rare. Such tumors
are truly benign, in contradistinction to other tumors previously grouped
under the term "bronchial adenoma." We present the first case reported of
mucous gland adenoma arising in the trachea. This case was initially
misdiagnosed as asthma, a common error with obstructing tracheo-bronchial
lesions.