Laser Treatment of a Tracheal Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor

ABSTRACT

Background: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors of the trachea are rare childhoodquasi-neoplastic lesions. Case characteristics 7-year-old boy with recurrent episodesof cough, breathing difficulty and wheeze, initially treated as asthma. Intervention CTchest and flexible bronchoscopy revealed a mass lesion of the trachea, which wasexcised by diode laser through the ventilating bronchoscope. Histopathology confirmed itas the inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. Message Use of laser ensured completeendotracheal excision of the tumor.