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Multifocal peripheral bronchial carcinoid tumour
Author(s) -
Akashiba Tsuneto,
Matsumoto Kenji,
Kosaka Naoko,
Saito Osamu,
Horie Takashi,
Nemoto Norimichi
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
respirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1440-1843
pISSN - 1323-7799
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1843.1999.00175.x
Subject(s) - medicine , chromogranin a , peripheral , pathology , malignancy , parenchyma , immunohistochemistry , lung , carcinoid tumour
Peripheral bronchial carcinoids sometimes arise as single solid or nodular lesions in the periphery of the lung. We encountered a 74‐year‐old Japanese male with bronchial carcinoids that were widely disseminated throughout the lung parenchyma. Pulmonary function tests revealed mild airflow obstruction. A metastatic process was ruled out from primary malignancy and a histological examination revealed findings consistent with a peripheral bronchial carcinoid. Based on these findings, we concluded that this patient had a primary multifocal peripheral bronchial carcinoid. An immunohistochemical examination revealed immunoreactivity for chromogranin A and bombesin. The present case appears to be an unusual case of diffuse multifocal peripheral bronchial carcinoid, confirmed by immunohistochemistry.

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