Tracheal Obstruction | Cancer

Your Path

  • Tracheal obstruction | Cancer

Etiology

  • Mass inside the trachea: Squamous cell, adenoid cystic
  • Extrinsic compression: lymphoma, thyroid, esophageal, other

Risk Factors

  • Smoking

Symptoms

  • Hoarseness
  • Cough, sob, hemoptysis
  • Sputum/infection from difficulty clearing secretions
  • Subacute, progressive

Physical Exam Findings

  • Stridor
  • Wheezing
  • Mass around trachea, cervical adenopathy