[A clinical study of resected bronchopulmonary carcinoids]

19 surgically treated cases with bronchopulmonary carcinoid in our hospital were studied clinically, and we discussed the criteria of limited operation for typical carcinoid. 11 cases had typical carcinoid and 8 had atypical. All patients of typical type were alive with no recurrence. No lymph node metastasis was revealed in all cases of typical type. On the contrary, in cases of atypical type, 1 had n 2 disease and 1 had distant metastasis. The five survival rates of patients with typical carcinoid was 100%, and significantly better than that of patients with atypical, 27%. Therefore, patients with typical carcinoid can be cured by limited operation, but radical operation should be indicated for atypical carcinoid.