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CASE REPORT
Young man with dyspnoea for 6 months; presenting with subacute tracheal obstruction due to leiomyoma
Summary
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.