Tracheal masses

For a single mass consider:

1. Neoplasms
squamous cell carcinoma: most common
primary tracheal malignancy2~50 %
adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC):
2ndcommonest primary tracheal
malignancy
squamous cell papilloma
adenocarcinoma

For a single mass consider:

1. Neoplasms
. bronchialcarcinoid (if involves trachea)
. mucoepidermoid carcinoma
. chondrosarcoma
. tracheal leiomyosarcoma: rare
. tracheal leiomyoma
. endobronchial hamartoma: (if involves trachea)
. tracheal lipoma4: rare

For a single mass consider:

2. Non neoplastic lesions
tuberculosis
inflammatory fibro-epithelial polyp

2. For multiple masses consider:

laryngo-tracheal papillomatosis
tracheobronchial amyloidosis
multifocal neoplasm