OMER FARUK DEMİR, OMER ONAL, BURCU BARAN, ALPEREN VURAL, OGUZHAN TURAN
Current Thoracic Surgery - 2022;7(2):101-104
Tracheal tumors are quite rare, with an incidence of 2.6 per 1,000,000 persons. Tracheal malignant melanomas are one of the least common types among these tumors due to the lack of natural epithelial tissue of melanocytes. There is no optimal treatment method for tracheal malign melanomas because they have an aggressive nature, have limited life expectancy and occur very rarely. This paper discusses the case of and treatment methods fora patient who was initially suspected to have a foreign body aspiration because of presenting to hospital with acute airway obstruction.
