Sleeve resection of a transcarinal bronchial carcinoid after laser debulking.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We report a case of a bronchial carcinoid tumor extending from the right upper lobe into the left mainstem bronchus in a 30-year-old woman. Diagnosis was established by preoperative bronchoscopy and biopsy. After extensive debulking with seven sessions of bronchoscopic neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser therapy, the tumor was resected by right upper-lobe sleeve lobectomy. Final pathology revealed a typical carcinoid tumor with surgical margins and all lymph nodes free of tumor.
Medical subject headings
- Bronchial Neoplasms
- Carcinoid Tumor
- Laser Therapy