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Shahid Pervez
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Young man with dyspnoea for 6 months; presenting with subacute tracheal obstruction due to leiomyoma
BMJ Case Rep.
  • Farah Idress, Aga Khan University
  • Saulat H. Fatimi, Aga Khan University
  • Shahid Pervez, Aga Khan University
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Publication Date
9-1-2016
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Article
Disciplines
Abstract

Abstract

Tracheal leiomyoma is a rare benign tumour with less than a 100 cases reported in the literature. We report a case of leiomyoma initially presenting and being treated as asthma until it lead to life-threatening tracheal obstruction, requiring immediate surgical intervention

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Farah Idress, Saulat H. Fatimi and Shahid Pervez. "Young man with dyspnoea for 6 months; presenting with subacute tracheal obstruction due to leiomyoma" BMJ Case Rep. Vol. 10 Iss. 11 (2016) p. 1 - 3
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