"Carcinoid tumorlets". Case report and review of the literature

Ann Ital Chir. 1998 Jul-Aug;69(4):509-11.

Abstract

It is reported a case of "carcinoid tumorlets" of the lung, in a 63-year-old woman, who underwent surgery for a breast cancer. These lesions are histologically similar with carcinoid, but different for clinical evolution. They are benign lesions generally without metastasis. The authors point out the importance of histological, clinical and diagnostical aspects, and the follow-up of patients in order to have evidence of the eventual malignant evolution.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / surgery
  • Pneumonectomy