Open AccessDisseminated typical bronchial carcinoid tumor
Author(s) -
Dobrivoje Novković,
Vesna Škuletić,
Jelena Vuković,
Snežana Cerović,
Ilija Tomić,
Vukojica Karlicic,
Marko Stojisavljevic
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp1305516n
Subject(s) - medicine , pathology , lung , pathological , radiology , abdomen , metastasis , neuroendocrine tumors , carcinoid tumors , mediastinum , scintigraphy , cancer
Bronchial carcinoids belong to a rare type of lung tumors. If they do not expose outstanding neuroendocrine activity, they develop without clearly visible symptoms. They are often detected during a routine examination. According to their clinical pathological features, they are divided into typical and atypical tumors. Typical bronchial carcinoids metastasize to distant organs very rarely. Localized forms are effectively treated by surgery. The methods of conservative treatment should be applied in other cases.