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At the Samara Regional Childrens Clinical Hospital named after.N.N. Ivanova successfully performed endoscopic removal of a rare benign tracheal tumor in a 15-year-old girl.Such cases are extremely rare in world practice - there are 45 known cases of tracheal hamartoma in adults, and only isolated cases in children.
The patient, born in 2011, was admitted to the hospital named after N.N.Ivanova with complaints of difficulty breathing.Before this, the girl suffered from acute bronchitis and tracheitis.Treatment took place in medical institutions at the place of residence.After discharge, symptoms returned.
To identify the cause, specialists from a medical institution at the place of residence performed a computed tomography scan of the chest organs, where a soft tissue formation was discovered in the cervical trachea.Doctors sent the girl to the regional childrens hospital, where, based on the results of the study, it was determined that the tumor blocked the lumen of the trachea by more than 90% and was 20x15x18 mm in size.
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The specialists decided to perform the operation under general anesthesia using a video bronchoscope.Surgeons performed endoscopic removal of the tumor.
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A hospital morphologist performed a pathomorphological examination of the distant formation.According to the results, the tumor turned out to be leiomyomatous tracheal hamartoma.
The patient did not experience any complications in the postoperative period, and after 7 days she was discharged from the hospital under the supervision of specialists.
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