title: [Pulmonary carcinoids. Analysis of 53 cases].
abstract: We have performed a retrospective analysis of 53 cases of bronchial carcinoids using our own patient data from more than 4700 lung tumors and 1632 resections. The male/female ratio was 1:12 (28/25) and the age range 13 to 75 years (mean 52.2). Fifty-three tumors resections of varying extent were performed, including one radical pneumonectomy in a patient who had previously undergone a lobectomy, and one limited resection of the main left bronchus; there was no intraoperative mortality. After histological examination, 44 tumors (83%) were found to be typical carcinoids and nine (17%) atypical carcinoids. The median follow-up period was 4.56 years, with a range from 1 to 10 years. Only one patient with an atypical carcinoid tumor had a relapse and died three years after, while another patient underwent surgery of the contralateral lung for a second primary lung cancer (SPLC). On the basis of these observations we would like to underline the importance of an accurate histopathological classification for both therapeutic and prognostic purposes; given the higher aggressiveness of atypical carcinoids, these tumors would be eligible for a therapeutic approach analogous to that adopted for bronchogenic carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Mediche Applicate, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Beltrami
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Gallinaro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bezzi
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Angelici
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors