title: Clinical presentation and evaluation of neuroendocrine tumors of the lung.
abstract: Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung encompass a wide spectrum. A carcinoid tumor is either a central smooth endobronchial tumor or a round, well-circumscribed, peripheral parenchymal lesion. Distinguishing typical carcinoid tumors from atypical carcinoid tumors is unreliable from a limited biopsy but can be based on age, presentation, and node enlargement. Large cell neuroendocrine cancer presents similarly to most non-small cell lung cancers. Small cell lung cancer has a characteristic presentation, with a rapid progression of symptoms, and a bulky central and/or mediastinal tumor. A diagnosis is achieved by limited biopsy and is usually reliable.
authors: Yale Thoracic Surgery, Yale University, PO Box 208062, New Haven, CT 06520-8062, USA. Electronic address: frank.detterbeck@yale.edu.
authors: Frank C
authors: FC
authors: Detterbeck
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018358:Neuroendocrine Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Bronchopulmonary carcinoid tumors; Carcinoid tumors; Clinical presentation; Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung