Carcinoid of the Trachea in a Young Adult Male Responsive to Chemo-Radiation

Abstract

Carcinoid of the trachea is an extremely rare entity with very few cases reported in literature. The standard of treatment is complete surgical excision with limited role for chemotherapy and also a limited role for radiotherapy as this type of tumour has very low metastatic potential. We describe a case of a tracheal carcinoid which was surgically unresectable, but which showed excellent response to combined modality treatment with sequential multi-agent chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy with complete resolution of disease.

Multiphasic Multidetector Computed Tomography Study of a Rare Tracheal Tumor: Granular Cell Tumor

“…(v) Carcinoid of the trachea is an extremely rare entity with very few cases reported in the literature, 20 cases reported in Chinese literature and 15 cases reported in English literature [ 14 ]. Carcinoids have a rich vascularity (intense arterial phase) but cause earlier symptoms than granular cell tumor because they are more often localized in bronchial tree than in trachea, and for this reason carcinoids cause early obstruction and air trapping, mucoid stagnation, bronchiectasis, and pneumonia.…”