A case of cricotracheal anastomosis after cylindrical tracheal resection for tracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma with laryngeal infiltration

Abstract

A 73-year-old man consulted our hospital with a complaint of dyspnea on exertion.
He was diagnosed with primary cervical tracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma by chest X-ray, CT and bronchoscopy.
Although a cricotracheal anastomosis after cylindrical tracheal resection was performed, the tumor infiltrated beyond the 1st tracheal cartilage. He received 70 Gy. irradiation postoperatively. The clinical course after radiotherapy was uneventful without any recurrence of the tumor. Because a case of adenoid cystic carcinoma infiltrating to the larynx is considered rare, we reported our case.