title: Spontaneous Regression of Endobronchial Carcinoid Tumor.
abstract: Spontaneous regression (SR) of cancer refers to partial or complete disappearance of a malignant tumor in the absence of treatment or in the presence of therapy, which is considered inadequate to exert a significant influence on the growth of neoplastic disease. SR is a very rare phenomenon in primary lung cancers. Follow-up of these patients is generally either by imaging or bronchoscopy. We present a patient with SR of an endobronchial carcinoid, followed by serial bronchoscopies and biopsy over a 24-month period.
authors.affiliation: *Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine ‡Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center †Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY.
authors.forename: Sindhaghatta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Venkatram
authors.forename: Nupur
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Hafiz
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hashmi
authors.forename: Masooma
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niazi
authors.forename: Gilda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Diaz-Fuentes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous