Bronchial Carcinoid Tumors Developed at Peripheral Bronchus -Two Casea Report

Kim, Ji Won; Kim, Yeon Ho; Park, Soon Kew; Sin, Young Kee

doi:1984.31.1.25

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 31(1); 1984 > Article

Case report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1984;31(1):25-31.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1984.31.1.25 Published online March 1, 1984.

Bronchial Carcinoid Tumors Developed at Peripheral Bronchus -Two Casea Report

Ji Won Kim, Yeon Ho Kim, Soon Kew Park, Young Kee Sin

Department of lnternal Medicine, College of Medicine, Pusan University, Pusan, Korea

폐원위부에 발생한 carcinoid tumor 2예

김지원, 김연호, 박순규, 신영기

Abstract

Bronchial Carcinoid tumors are considered benign but some of them metastasized to the reginal lymph nodes and other distant sites. Authors present 2 cases of broncial carcinoid tumors that developed at peripheral bronchus. One of them located at left lower peripheral lung field and revealed as a peripheral mass off the left lung roentgenogr aphically and had symptoms of mild chest discomportness, coughing and abrupt hemoptysis. Another one located at right lower peripheral lung field and revealed as a peripheral mass of the right lung roentgenographically and had symptoms of intermittent hemoptysis and right lower chest pain.