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Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:63-65
© 1984 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Bronchial Carcinoid Tumors

Departments of Thoracic-Cardiovascular Surgery and Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA

Accepted for publication January 20, 1984.

^* Address reprint requests to Dr. Brandt, Thoracic-Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242

Forty-six patients with bronchial carcinoid tumors were operated on over a 37-year period. The results were reviewed with special reference to presenting complaint, histological diagnosis, location of the tumor, lymphatic involvement, and type of surgical resection. Age at operation ranged from 9 to 86 years (mean, 43.6 years). Presenting symptoms were hemoptysis in 21 instances, chronic cough in 17, and pneumonia in 15. The primary tumor was within the main bronchus in 17 patients. Twenty-one patients required pneumonectomy, and 20 had lobectomy or bilobectomy. Nine of the patients undergoing pneumonectomy had severely damaged lung tissue distal to the lesion in the main bronchus. Six patients had metastases to hilar nodes. Four patients died of carcinoid tumor, but none with metastases died of carcinoid tumor.

This series confirms the low malignancy potential of bronchial carcinoid tumors, even in the presence of lymphatic involvement. Although conservative resection is an attractive surgical option, only 10 of the 46 (22%) were potential candidates for such intervention. Standard surgical resection resulted in "cure" in 90% of the patients in the series.

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