Atypical presentation of typical carcinoid.
Bronchial carcinoid tumours can present with symptoms of distal airway obstruction, local airway irritation or bleeding due to hypervascularity. Presentation with a spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) is rare. We present a case of typical endobronchial carcinoid tumour that presented with a SP. We explored the possible mechanisms of this rare presentation, especially the check-valve mechanism of airway obstruction, which was evident during the fiberoptic bronchoscopic examination.
Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Disorders Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Karim
K
El-Kersh
Umair
U
Gauhar
Mohamed
M
Saad
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed