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TRACHEAL CARCINOMA

Catalogue No:  R2-n83-0642    Origin:  UCT Anat Path museum    Old Museum No:  VI:iii:17    Year:  1977

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Clinical data:
The subject was a 34 year old man who complained of stridor and dyspnoea for 3 - 6 months.

Macroscopy:
At surgery a soft tumour was found, compressing the trachea. The specimen is a 25 mm length of the trachea with a fungating mass (measuring) present in the lumen but not encircling it; the neoplasm is continuous with an extra tracheal mass of similar firm, white tissue. The intra-tracheal part of the tumour extends to both lines of excision.

Microscopy:
Microscopy showed a well-differentiated adenoid cystic carcinoma extending from the lumen outwards through the tracheal wall. The extra tracheal portion of the neoplasm has a fibrous capsule but this too is invaded by islands of neoplastic cells.

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