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Case No : 719 Date 2011-08-11

  • Courtesy of Yeon Joo Jeong / Pusan National University Hospital
  • Age/Sex 66 / M
  • Chief Complaintincidental finding on the screening CT
  • Figure 1
  • Figure 2
  • Figure 3

Figure 1

Diagnosis With Brief Discussion

Diagnosis
Glomus tumor of the trachea
Radiologic Findings
Chest radiographs (Figs. 1 & 2) show a polypoid mass in the trachea. Contrast-enhanced chest CT scan (Fig. 3) shows a hypervascular enhancing mass in the right posterolateral wall of the lower trachea.
Brief Review
Glomus tumors are neoplasms derived from the modified smooth muscle cells of the glomus body. It is extremely rare in the lung and trachea. Glomus tumors usually arise from the posterior membranous wall in the lower two thirds of the trachea.
References
1. Gowan RT, Shamji FM, Perkins DG et al. Glomus tumor of the trachea. Ann Thorac Surg 2001; 72:598-600
Keywords
trachea, benign tumor,

No. of Applicants : 88

▶ Correct Answer : 10/88,  11.4%
  • - China Medical University ,Taiwan,R.O.C. , Taiwan Jun Jun Yeh
  • - IRSA La Rochelle France , France Denis Chabassiere
  • - Kasturba Medical College , India Chandan Kakkar
  • - Onomichi municipal hospital , Japan Hirofumi Mifune
  • - Az Osp Santa Maria Terni , Italy angelo carloni
  • - Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Hospital, Ankara , Turkey Meric Tuzun
  • - UWO , Canada S Lee
  • - IRSA , France jean-luc BIGOT
  • - All India Institute of medical sciences , India Justin Moses
  • - Private , Greece Vasilios Tzilas
▶ Correct Answer as Differential Diagnosis : 8/88,  9.1%
  • - Chaeil Clinic , Korea (South) Sunkyung Lim
  • - Seoul national university hospital , Korea (South) Sun Ah Kim
  • - Fr Mullers Medical College , India Deepu Thomas
  • - McGill University Health Center , Canada Alexandre Semionov
  • - Inje university of Busan Paik Hospital , Korea (South) Sansu Kim
  • - IRCCS Istituto Oncologico - Bari , Italy Carlo Florio
  • - KUMC ansan , Korea (South) kihwan kim
  • - Beaulieu clinic Geneva , Switzerland gilles GENIN
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