Primary tracheal tumours are rare and less frequently observed than bronchial tumours. Primary neurogenic tumours of the trachea as schwannomas or neurilemmomas are extremely uncommon. We report a tracheal schwannoma in a female patient who presented with breathlessness and wheeze, and she was being treated for asthma. Flexible bronchoscopy revealed a large pedunculated tracheal mass and biopsy confirmed schwannoma. She was treated with laser ablation with partial reduction of the tumour. Subsequently, she was lost to follow-up, although resection of the tumour with tracheal reconstruction was planned.
Adult ; Asthma ; diagnosis ; Biopsy ; Bronchoscopy ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Diagnostic Errors ; Dyspnea ; diagnosis ; etiology ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Neurilemmoma ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Radiography, Thoracic ; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures ; Respiratory Sounds ; diagnosis ; etiology ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Trachea ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; surgery ; Tracheal Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; surgery