• Kensuke Fukumitsu, Yangyi Ning, Yoshihiro Kanemitsu, Tomoko Tajiri, Katsuhiro Okuda, Satoshi Fukuda, Takehiro Uemura, Hirotsugu Ohkubo, Masaya Takemura, Ken Maeno, Yutaka Ito, Tetsuya Oguri, Osamu Takakuwa, and Akio Niimi.
• Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan.
• Intern. Med. 2023 Jul 15; 62 (14): 212321282123-2128.

AbstractA 34-year-old pregnant woman in the 34th week of gestation with uncontrolled asthma was admitted because of asthma exacerbation. Although she received bronchodilators and systemic corticosteroids, respiratory failure rapidly progressed. Chest computed tomography revealed a mass occluding approximately 80% of the tracheal lumen. After urgent Caesarean section, endobronchial resection was performed. The pathological findings of the resected tumor were compatible with tracheal glomus tumor. Tracheal tumors are often misdiagnosed as asthma, but its complication with asthma is rare. Even if the diagnosis of asthma is definitive, clinicians should consider coexisting diseases, including tracheal tumors, when asthma control is poor.

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