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CASE REPORT
Primary intratracheal schwannoma resected during bronchoscopy using argon plasma coagulation
  1. Purva V Sharma1,
  2. Yash B Jobanputra1,
  3. Tatiana Perdomo Miquel2,
  4. J Ryan Schroeder3,
  5. Adam Wellikoff3
  1. 1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Atlantis, Florida, USA
  2. 2Pathology, JFK Medical Center, Atlantis, Florida, USA
  3. 3Department of Interventional Pulmonology, JFK Medical Center, Atlantis, Florida, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Adam Wellikoff, awellimd{at}gmail.com

Summary

A 63-year-old man presented with intermittent, progressively worsening dyspnoea associated with cough and blood-tinged sputum. Initial work-up showed left axis deviation on ECG, chest X-ray with an elevated left hemidiaphragm and a non-contrast CT chest that showed a multilobulated mass in the proximal trachea. Bronchoscopy showed a whitish-appearing lesion, which was then sampled and partially resected with pathology showing a schwannoma with no malignant cells. He felt partial relief post procedure; however, he presented a month later with similar symptoms of dyspnoea and a repeat CT scan showed enlargement of the mass in the same location. The patient underwent another flexible bronchoscopy and resection with argon plasma coagulation (APC)/electrocautery snare. APC/electrocautery is an effective interventional bronchoscopy technique that can be used to resect endoluminal lesions or extraluminal lesions that have infiltrated into the airway using flexible/rigid bronchoscopy. It is more cost-effective, safe, works well with vascular lesions and achieves excellent haemostasis as compared with Nd:YAG lasers.

  • cancer intervention
  • respiratory system
  • ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-225140

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    Footnotes

    • PVS and YBJ contributed equally.

    • Contributors PVS was involved in the study design, data collection, manuscript preparation and literature search. YBJ was involved in the study design, data collection, manuscript preparation and literature search. TPM was involved in the study design, data collection and critical review of manuscript. Ryan Schroeder was involved in the study design, data collection and critical review of manuscript. AW was involved in the study design, data collection, literature search and critical review of manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.