[Bronchial carcinoid tumor and recurrent pneumothoraxes]

R Ouede; H Masmoudi; H Etienne; J Assouad

doi:10.1016/j.pneumo.2017.08.007

[Bronchial carcinoid tumor and recurrent pneumothoraxes]

Rev Pneumol Clin. 2017 Oct;73(5):263-266. doi: 10.1016/j.pneumo.2017.08.007. Epub 2017 Oct 12.

[Article in French]

Authors

R Ouede¹, H Masmoudi¹, H Etienne², J Assouad¹

Affiliations

¹ Service de chirurgie thoracique, hôpital Tenon, 4, rue de Chine, 75020 Paris, France.
² Service de chirurgie thoracique, hôpital Tenon, 4, rue de Chine, 75020 Paris, France. Electronic address: h.etienne@hotmail.fr.

PMID: 29031965
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneumo.2017.08.007

Abstract

Pneumothorax is a rare clinical manifestation of lung cancer. It can exceptionally reveal a bronchial carcinoid tumor. We present the case of a 27-year-old woman in whom recurrent pneumothoraxes were the clinical manifestation of a bronchial carcinoid tumor. The interest for chest computed tomography and bronchoscopy to identify etiology of secondary pneumothoraxes will be discussed.

Keywords: Bronchial tumor; Carcinoid tumor; Chirurgie thoracique; Lobectomie bronchoplastique; Pneumothorax; Sleeve lobectomy; Thoracic surgery; Tumeur carcinoïde bronchique.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bronchial Neoplasms / complications
Bronchial Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Bronchial Neoplasms / surgery
Bronchoscopy
Carcinoid Tumor / complications
Carcinoid Tumor / diagnosis*
Carcinoid Tumor / surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Pneumonectomy
Pneumothorax / diagnosis*
Pneumothorax / etiology
Pneumothorax / surgery
Recurrence
Tomography, X-Ray Computed