Tracheal cancer in a 25-year-old woman — diagnostic difficulties

Tracheal cancers, in particular adenoid cystic carcinoma, are rare, hence the lack of unambiguous guidelines for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The article presents the case of a 25-year-old woman diagnosed at the stage of local advancement, after 2 years of treatment of misdiagnosed bronchial asthma. The patient underwent surgical treatment, which turned out to be non-radical microscopically. The decision to use postoperative radiotherapy was based on the estimated recurrence risk