Bronchial carcinoid presenting with abdominal pain.
Bronchial carcinoid tumors are very rare pulmonary neoplasms. They usually present with pulmonary symptoms or paraneoplastic syndromes. Typical (well-differentiated) tumors are usually indolent with survival exceeding 90% after resection. Atypical carcinoids have a worse prognosis. They are much more likely to recur locally or to have distant metastases. This case report describes a patient who presented with abdominal pain and hepatic lesions who was subsequently diagnosed to have bronchial carcinoid.
Ameer
Faisal
F
Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Zubairi
Ali Bin Sarwar
AB
Fawad
Muhammad Umar
MU
Ahsan
Humera
H
Yaqoob
Nausheen
N
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D002864:Chromogranins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male
D002864:Chromogranins