A case of typical bronchial carcinoid with metastasis to regional lymph nodes.

Kim, Ji Hoon; Shin, Dong Ho; Kim, Tae Wha; Park, Sung Soo; Lee, Jung Hee; Chung, Won Sang; Lyu, Geun Shin; Ko, Young Hyuh; Lee, Jung Dal

doi:1993.40.1.67

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 40(1); 1993 > Article

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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1993;40(1):67-71.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1993.40.1.67 Published online February 1, 1993.

A case of typical bronchial carcinoid with metastasis to regional lymph nodes.

Ji Hoon Kim¹, Dong Ho Shin¹, Tae Wha Kim¹, Sung Soo Park¹, Jung Hee Lee¹, Won Sang Chung², Geun Shin Lyu³, Young Hyuh Ko³, Jung Dal Lee³

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
³Department of Pathology, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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Abstract

Bronchial carcinoids were classified as one of the bronchial adenoma group and constituted about 90% of bronchial adenoma. Typical carcinoids are common benign neoplasms of the airway because of their uniform histologic feature , predictable clinical course and good survival after surgical resection. And atypical carcinoid is regarded as a malignant tumor because of its pleomorphic, hyperchromatic nucleus, frequent mitosis and distant metastasis (about 70%). However, typical carcinoids rarely metastasize to regional lymph nodes and such cases would be regarded as a low grade malignancy because their clinical prognosis could be bad. We present a case of typical bronchial carcinoid which metastasize to hilar lymph node who has been followed up 10 months after resection.

Key Words: Typical carcinoid, Regional metastasis