[Diagnosis and staging using spiral computed tomography of an endobronchial carcinoid tumor]

The authors emphasize the effectiveness of spiral CT in the diagnosis of typical endobronchial carcinoid. The tumor was found in a 25-year-old man referred for evaluation of steroid-resistant asthma. Successful diagnosis and complete local staging of the right intermediate bronchus tumor were obtained by two successive single apnea spiral acquisitions: a high resolution series (HRCT) with Multiplanar Reconstruction (MPR) and 3D virtual endoscopic views was completed by a dynamic angiographic series (angio-CT) with multiplanar Maximal Intensity Projections (MIP). The CT findings are compared with macroscopic anatomic views and major features of bronchial carcinoid are shortly addressed.