TY  - JOUR
TI  - A rare cause of acute airway obstruction: tracheal malignant melanoma
AB  - 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.
AU  - Vural, Alperen
AU  - baran ketencioğlu, burcu
AU  - DEMİR, ÖMER FARUK
AU  - onal, omer
AU  - TURAN, OĞUZHAN
DO  - 10.26663/cts.2022.017
PY  - 2022
JO  - Current Thoracic Surgery
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
SN  - 2548-0316
SP  - 101
EP  - 104
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1125906
ER  -