Metachronous bronchial carcinoid tumor.
We report a rare case of bilateral metachronous bronchial typical carcinoid tumor surgically treated. At the age of 33 years, the patient underwent, in another hospital, a left upper lobectomy for a typical carcinoid tumor. After 4 years, the patient manifested the symptoms of a new central typical carcinoid tumor located at the origin of the middle lobe bronchus and infiltrating the intermedius one. This tumor was first treated by laser therapy, but long-term follow-up evaluation with bronchoscopy revealed a local recurrence of disease. So we performed a middle sleeve lobectomy with radical node dissection.
Rea
Federico
F
Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padova, Italy. federico.rea@unipd.it
Rizzardi
Giovanna
G
Marulli
Giuseppe
G
Bortolotti
Luigi
L
D000328:Adult; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed