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. 1996 Mar;51(3):341–342. doi: 10.1136/thx.51.3.341

Chemodectoma of the trachea.

T M Sing 1, K P Wong 1, N Young 1, P Despas 1
PMCID: PMC1090657  PMID: 8779148

Abstract

The case history is described of a patient with lower tracheal chemodectoma who presented with haemoptysis. After conservative management for eight years she represented with airways obstruction. Preoperative tumour embolisation was followed by laser ablation, stenting, and radiotherapy.

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