A case of typical pulmonary carcinoid tumor treated with bronchoscopic therapy followed by lobectomy
| Autor: | Alkis Iordanidis, Paul Zarogoulidis, Konstantinos Porpodis, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis, Alexandros Mitrakas, Michael Karanikas, Maria Konoglou, Kalliopi Domvri, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Agisilaos Esebidis, Nikolaos Courcoutsakis, Theodoros Kontakiotis |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Surgical resection
medicine.medical_specialty Carcinoid tumors medicine.medical_treatment Case Report Chest pain typical lung carcinoid Pneumonectomy Biopsy medicine carcinoid tumor Young adult General Nursing Lung medicine.diagnostic_test therapeutic bronchoscopy business.industry surgical resection General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery respiratory tract diseases medicine.anatomical_structure medicine.symptom Airway business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare |
| ISSN: | 1178-2390 |
| Popis: | Carcinoid bronchopulmonary tumors represent approximately 25% of all carcinoid tumors and 1%-2% of all lung neoplasms. The most common symptoms are: persistent cough, asthma-like wheezing, chest pain, dyspnea, hemoptysis and obstructive pneumonitis. We present a case of a young adult diagnosed with a typical carcinoid tumor. The diagnosis was established on the basis of imaging examination and bronchoscopic biopsy. The patient was treated with bronchoscopic electrocautery therapy to relieve the obstructed airway, followed by surgical lobectomy in order to entirely remove the exophytic damage. This approach was not only a palliative management to bronchial obstruction but also avoided pneumonectomy. Recent studies support the use of such interventional resection methods, as they may result in a more conservative surgical resection. |
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