Exercise-induced "asthma" as a presentation of bronchial carcinoid.
Exercise-induced wheezing developed in a previously healthy 14-year-old boy. Chest radiographs revealed hyperlucency of the left lung. Bronchial tomography and bronchoscopy revealed a mass in the left mainstem bronchus, identified as a carcinoid tumor after surgical excision. The patient is now asymptomatic. Exercise-induced wheezing as the sole manifestation of this tumor has not been previously reported.
D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001250:Asthma, Exercise-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed