title: [Diagnosis and staging using spiral computed tomography of an endobronchial carcinoid tumor].
abstract: The authors emphasize the effectiveness of spiral CT in the diagnosis of typical endobronchial carcinoid. The tumor was found in a 25-year-old man referred for evaluation of steroid-resistant asthma. Successful diagnosis and complete local staging of the right intermediate bronchus tumor were obtained by two successive single apnea spiral acquisitions: a high resolution series (HRCT) with Multiplanar Reconstruction (MPR) and 3D virtual endoscopic views was completed by a dynamic angiographic series (angio-CT) with multiplanar Maximal Intensity Projections (MIP). The CT findings are compared with macroscopic anatomic views and major features of bronchial carcinoid are shortly addressed.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Clinique St-Luc, Belgium.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Coulier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mairesse
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D004351:Drug Resistance; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents