Bronchoplasty for bronchial carcinoid tumor without removing lung parenchyma.
A 15-year-old boy was admitted with a pneumothorax of the left lung. Computed tomographic scans demonstrated a tumor 20 mm in diameter situated on the left main to upper lobar bronchus that eventually was proved to be a typical carcinoid tumor by transbronchial biopsy. We performed bronchial resection with atypical bronchoplasty, which preserves lung parenchyma in cases of s-T1N0M0 disease. The patient has had no evidence of recurrence 7 years after surgery.
Uchino
Kazuya
K
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi, Japan.
Okada
Morihito
M
Sakamoto
Toshihiko
T
Yuki
Tsuyoshi
T
Mimura
Takeshi
T
Tsubota
Noriaki
N
D000293:Adolescent; D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery*; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013510:Pulmonary Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography