Sleeve resection of a transcarinal bronchial carcinoid after laser debulking.
We report a case of a bronchial carcinoid tumor extending from the right upper lobe into the left mainstem bronchus in a 30-year-old woman. Diagnosis was established by preoperative bronchoscopy and biopsy. After extensive debulking with seven sessions of bronchoscopic neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser therapy, the tumor was resected by right upper-lobe sleeve lobectomy. Final pathology revealed a typical carcinoid tumor with surgical margins and all lymph nodes free of tumor.
Mulloy
Matthew R
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tennessee-Memphis Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA.
Anderson
Charles
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Lao
Oliver
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Weiman
Darryl
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D000328:Adult; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy