气管癌属少见病,约占呼吸道原发肿瘤的１%［１］,早期症状体征不典型,常规Ｘ线检查不易发现异常,临床医生对本病认识不足,常致误诊、漏诊。本文总结我院自１９９４年３月～１９９９年１２月病理学确诊的气管癌５例(病初全部被误诊),并就误诊原因及早期诊断问题加以讨论。临床资 Tracheal cancer is a rare disease, accounting for about 1% of primary respiratory tract [1], early symptoms and signs are not typical, routine X-ray examination is not easy to find abnormalities, clinicians lack of knowledge of the disease, often caused by misdiagnosis, missed diagnosis. This article summarized five cases of pathologically diagnosed tracheal carcinoma diagnosed in our hospital from March 1994 to December 1999 (all cases were misdiagnosed at the beginning of the disease), and discussed the reasons for misdiagnosis and early diagnosis. Clinical resources