Two Cases of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of Trachea.

Yum, Hokee; Ahan, Jinchul; Song, Yeongsoo; Kim, Jooin; Yoon, Hyekyoung; Jeon, Wooki; Choi, Soojeon; Lee, Bongchoon

doi:1995.42.3.387

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 42(3); 1995 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1995;42(3):387-393.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1995.42.3.387 Published online June 1, 1995.

Two Cases of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of Trachea.

Hokee Yum, Jinchul Ahan, Yeongsoo Song, Jooin Kim, Hyekyoung Yoon, Wooki Jeon, Soojeon Choi, Bongchoon Lee

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Anatomic Pathology, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Adenoid cystic carcinoma formerly called cylindroma is rare tracheal tumor. Characteristics of adenoid cystic carcinoma are infiltrative nature with local recurrence tendency and long natural course of the disease. Adenoid cystic carcinomas develop most commonly in the trachea. Primary resection and end-to-end anastomosis of the involved airway are treatment of choice. And postoperative radiation therapy might be useful, particularly when the surgical margins are not ample. We report two cases of adenoid cystic carcinoma of trachea diagnosed by flow-volume curve.

Key Words: Adenoid cystic carcinoma, Trachea, Flow-volume curve