Tracheal Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma: Long Survival Case Report

Abstract

Tracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma has a slow growth and remote metastasis occurs more frequently to the lung. A case of a 57-year-old female patient, with the diagnosis of adenoid cystic carcinoma on the upper part of the trachea is reported. The patient was submitted to segmental tracheal resection. Six and twelve months later, respectively, a nodular lesion was found in the lower lobe of both lungs and later were resected. The patient has been followed up for 4 years and has no sign of relapse.