Facial flushing due to recurrent bronchial carcinoid.
Carcinoid syndrome is quite a rare presentation in bronchial carcinoid. A review of the literature suggests a figure of 2% to 7% in various series. This is usually associated with recurrent carcinoid tumor in the presence of hepatic metastasis. We discuss a patient who presented with flushing attacks 13 years after a left pneumonectomy. Further investigation found that the patient had recurrence at the pneumonectomy stump and in subcarinal lymph nodes.
Ganti
Somshekar
S
Department of Thoracic Surgery, St. James University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom. gantisom@hotmail.com
Milton
Richard
R
Davidson
Leslie
L
Thorpe
Andrew
A
D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005483:Flushing / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000150:complications*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed