title: [Clinical study of 20 cases of bronchial carcinoid].
abstract: We present a retrospective study of twenty patients in whom bronchial carcinoids, and five, peripheric. One case met the criteria of atypical carcinoid. The mean age of presentation was 46.66 +/- 17.07 years (15-76), with predominance of the female gender (3:2). Twenty per cent of patients were asymptomatic and in the remainder, the diagnosis suffered an average delay of 19 months since the appearance of symptoms. Such symptoms were cough (50%), recurrent pneumonias (40%), fever (35%), hemoptysis (35%), thoracal pain (30%), carcinoid syndrome (10%) and consumptive syndrome (5%). The radiology showed lobular or segmentary atelectasis (40%), nodule/mass (30%), lobular or segmentary consolidation (20%), obstructive pneumonitis (5%) and atypical pleural effusion (5%). Direct endoscopic vision offered a sensitivity of 84.6%, while transbronchial biopsy, just 69.2%. Metastasis in mediastinal, suprarenal, thyroid and brain gangliar chains were detected.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neumología, Hospital La Paz, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: García-Río
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Talavera
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Rubio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Prados
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Estudio clínico de veinte casos de carcinoide bronquial.