title: Left middle lobe resection for typical carcinoid in a patient with complete situs inversus.
abstract: We present the first report of a rare case of typical carcinoid tumor of the lung in a patient with complete situs inversus. The patient was a 65-year-old woman with the chief complaint of productive and mild chest pain. Chest X-ray and computed tomography (CT) scans of the thorax showed a mirror image of the organs and vessels and revealed a tumor 2.5 cm in diameter in the left middle lobe. The patient underwent resection of the left middle lobe through posterolateral incision. Postoperative pathological examination returned a diagnosis of typical carcinoid tumor. The patient made an uneventful recovery. This case highlights the importance of considering malignant tumors in pulmonary nodules in patients with complete situs inversus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Xiaogang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Xuefei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Gening
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jiang
keywords: Complete situs inversus; carcinoid tumor; left lobectomy; lung