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Bronchoplasty for bronchial carcinoid tumor without removing lung parenchyma
Kazuya Uchino1, Morihito Okada, Toshihiko Sakamoto
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi, Japan.
The Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery : Official Publication of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery = Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi
|September 16, 2006
Abstract:
A 15-year-old boy was admitted with a pneumothorax of the left lung. Computed tomographic scans demonstrated a tumor 20 mm in diameter situated on the left main to upper lobar bronchus that eventually was proved to be a typical carcinoid tumor by transbronchial biopsy. We performed bronchial resection with atypical bronchoplasty, which preserves lung parenchyma in cases of s-T1N0M0 disease. The patient has had no evidence of recurrence 7 years after surgery.
