Atypical carcinoid tumour

Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2005 Jul-Sep;47(3):213-5.

Abstract

Carcinoid tumour is a rare entity accounting for less than two percent of bronchial neoplasms. The clinical presentation is highly variable and rarely, it may present as a solitary pulmonary nodule. More offten, it presents as a central endobronchial tumour. The peripheral type of carcinoid tumour is relatively rare.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Carcinoid Tumor / diagnosis
  • Carcinoid Tumor / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*