Affiliation:
1. Postgraduate trainee, Department of Otorinolaryngology, Silchar Medical College,
2. Associate Professor,Silchar Medical College
Abstract
Primary tracheal tumours are extremely rare and overwhelmingly malignant.Squamous cell carcinoma is most common
in smokers,whereas adenocarcinoma is most commonly found in non-smokers. Patients most commonly presents with
hemoptysis, respiratory distress, cough and stridor. The symptoms appear in late phase and often are mistaken for
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.This leads to delay in management.Surgery,followed by adjuvant radiotherapy
and chemotherapy,is the treatment of choice.