title: Pneumothorax as atypical presentation of bronchial carcinoid.
abstract: We present a case of pneumothorax associated with an endobronchial carcinoid tumor in a 18-year-old man with dyspnea and chest pain. Additional tests were done, identifying in the chest roentgenogram a complete left pneumothorax with persistent leak, which was confirmed by computed tomography of the chest, and also finding an endobronchial lesion that limited the complete reexpansion of the left lung. Surgical excision was performed, and the lesion was identified as a typical bronchial carcinoid, with satisfactory outcome after the intervention.
authors.affiliation: Área de Gestión Clínica del Pulmón, Instituto Nacional de Silicosis, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. Electronic address: e-claudiamadrid9@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Claudia J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Madrid-Carbajal
authors.forename: Marta M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: García-Clemente
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez-Rodríguez
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pando-Sandoval
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Santín
authors.forename: Pere
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Casan-Clarà
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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