title: Successful treatment of endobronchial carcinoid using argon plasma coagulation.
abstract: Bronchial carcinoids are rare, well-differentiated, neuroendocrine malignant tumors and account for 5% of all lung neoplasms. The standard of care for the carcinoid tumors has been surgical resection. Various interventional bronchoscopic techniques are available for the treatment of intraluminal carcinoid. One of these new techniques with less complication is argon plasma coagulation. In this study, we report a case of huge endobronchial carcinoid tumor referred to us from the thoracic surgery ward, which was not surgically resectable. The tumor was treated successfully with argon plasma coagulation.
authors.affiliation: *Bronchoscopy and Laser Ward, Trachea Disease Research Center †Bronchoscopy and Laser Ward, Clinical Tuberculosis and Epidemiology Research Center, NRITLD, Massih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University MC, Tehran, Iran ‡Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Hamidreza
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jabbardarjani
authors.forename: Mohammadreza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masjedi
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Herth