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Spontaneous partial expectoration of an endobronchial carcinoid
W F Kelly1, E A Crawley, D J Vick
1Department of Internal Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA.
Chest
|February 23, 1999
Abstract:
Typical pulmonary carcinoid tumors often present as proximal endobronchial masses discovered during the evaluation of cough and/or hemoptysis. We present a case of a carcinoid tumor that presented with spontaneous partial expectoration. A review of the literature revealed 16 cases of expectoration of fragments from various primary and metastatic tumors. Our case appears to be the first report of the expectoration of a carcinoid tumor.