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[Surgery of tracheobronchial carcinoid tumours: Activity report]
I Issoufou1, H El Alami1, L Belliraj1
1Service de chirurgie thoracique, CHU Hassan II, route de Sidi-Harazem, BP 1893, Km 2,200, 30000 Fès Maroc.
Introduction:
Our purpose is to evaluate our results of surgery for tracheobronchial carcinoid tumour as well as the long-term survival.
Methods:
This is a retrospective and descriptive study performed in the department of thoracic surgery of CHU Hassan II (Marocco) over a period of 9 years. It concerns all patients with a tracheal or bronchial carcinoid tumour who underwent surgery.
Results:
Twenty-three patients with a mean age of 39 years were operated on for 24 carcinoid tumours. The sex ratio was 0.29. The diagnostic delay ranged from 3 months to 8 years and the main symptom was haemoptysis in 74% of cases (n=17). The tumour was localized in the right bronchial tree in 70% of cases (n=16). The procedures performed were tracheal resection and end-to-end anastomosis in 1 case, lobectomy in 12 cases including 3 sleeve lobectomies, bilobectomy of middle and lower lobes in 7 cases and pneumonectomy in 4 cases. The prognosis was favourable in 91% after an average follow-up of 29 months.
Conclusions:
Surgery remains the only curative therapeutic option for tracheobronchial carcinoid tumours with acceptable morbidity and mortality.
