title: Bronchial carcinoids: a review of 60 patients.
abstract: Sixty patients with a bronchial carcinoid underwent surgical treatment. Preoperative fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed a characteristic pink, smooth, bleeding tumor in 71.4% of the patients with a typical carcinoid and 16.7% of those with an atypical carcinoid (p less than 0.05). Eight pneumonectomies, seven bilobectomies, 34 lobectomies, three lobectomies with bronchoplasty, six bronchotomies with bronchoplasty, and two segmental resections were performed. All patients entered follow-up, and 47 were followed for more than 5 years. Ten-year survival was 89.6% for patients with a typical carcinoid and 60% for those with an atypical carcinoid. Ten-year survival was 88.1% for patients with carcinoids without lymph node involvement. All patients with lymph node involvement died within 5 years. Overall, 5 of the 8 patients having pneumonectomy died of acute cardiorespiratory failure. We conclude that a limited surgical resection with or without bronchoplasty and systematic lymphadenectomy is the procedure of choice in patients with typical carcinoids. On the other hand, atypical carcinoids are comparable to well-differentiated malignancies of the lung. Whenever possible, pneumonectomy should be avoided in favor of bronchial sleeve resection.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, University of Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rea
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Binda
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spreafico
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Calabrò
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonavina
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cipriani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Vittorio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fassina
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sartori
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D012086:Reoperation