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Tracheal Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Mimicking Bronchial Asthma

Yiit Akçali, MD, Fahri Ouzkaya, MD, Cemal Kahraman, MD, Leyla Hasdiraz, MD

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Erciyes University Medical Faculty Kayseri, Turkey

For reprint information contact: Yiit Akçali, MD Tel: 90 352 437 7683 Fax: 90 352 437 5285 email: yakcali{at}service.raksnet.com.tr Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri 38039, Turkey.

Adenoid cystic carcinomas are rare tracheal tumors that can mimic bronchial asthma. We describe the characteristics of 2 patients with adenoid cystic carcinoma who presented with symptoms suggestive of bronchial asthma of 2 years duration. Biopsy specimens revealed that the lesions were adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea. Both patients underwent collar incision and median sternotomy, the tumors were resected, and the tracheas were reconstructed primarily. Postoperative radiotherapy was given. Their postoperative clinical courses were uneventful and no local recurrences were seen at the 1-year follow-up.