Endobronchial Carcinoid Tumour with Extensive Ossification: An Unusual Case Presentation
Carcinoid tumour is a well-known primary endobronchial lung neoplasm. Although calcifications may be seen in up to 30% of pulmonary carcinoid tumours, near complete ossification of these tumours is an unusual finding. Such lesions can prove diagnostically challenging at the time of intraoperative fr...
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| description | Carcinoid tumour is a well-known primary endobronchial lung neoplasm. Although calcifications may be seen in up to 30% of pulmonary carcinoid tumours, near complete ossification of these tumours is an unusual finding. Such lesions can prove diagnostically challenging at the time of intraoperative frozen section as the latter technique requires thin sectioning of the lesion for microscopic assessment. We present an unusual case of endobronchial carcinoid tumour with extensive ossification in a 45-year-old male. Preliminary intraoperative diagnosis was achieved through the alternative use of cytology scrape smears. The final diagnosis was confirmed after decalcification of the tumour. The prognostic implications of heavily ossified carcinoid tumours remain elusive. Long-term clinical follow-up of these patients is recommended. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e8b2825c6e224c28891dee047fd4afd92025-02-03T07:24:39ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352016-01-01201610.1155/2016/59846715984671Endobronchial Carcinoid Tumour with Extensive Ossification: An Unusual Case PresentationAllison Osmond0Emily Filter1Mariamma Joseph2Richard Inculet3Keith Kwan4David McCormack5Department of Anatomic Pathology, Western University, London, ON, N6A 5C1, CanadaDepartment of Anatomic Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, CanadaDepartment of Anatomic Pathology, Western University, London, ON, N6A 5C1, CanadaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Western University, London, ON, N6A 5C1, CanadaDepartment of Anatomic Pathology, Western University, London, ON, N6A 5C1, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Western University, London, ON, N6A 5C1, CanadaCarcinoid tumour is a well-known primary endobronchial lung neoplasm. Although calcifications may be seen in up to 30% of pulmonary carcinoid tumours, near complete ossification of these tumours is an unusual finding. Such lesions can prove diagnostically challenging at the time of intraoperative frozen section as the latter technique requires thin sectioning of the lesion for microscopic assessment. We present an unusual case of endobronchial carcinoid tumour with extensive ossification in a 45-year-old male. Preliminary intraoperative diagnosis was achieved through the alternative use of cytology scrape smears. The final diagnosis was confirmed after decalcification of the tumour. The prognostic implications of heavily ossified carcinoid tumours remain elusive. Long-term clinical follow-up of these patients is recommended.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5984671 |
| spellingShingle | Allison Osmond Emily Filter Mariamma Joseph Richard Inculet Keith Kwan David McCormack Endobronchial Carcinoid Tumour with Extensive Ossification: An Unusual Case Presentation Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Endobronchial Carcinoid Tumour with Extensive Ossification: An Unusual Case Presentation |
| title_full | Endobronchial Carcinoid Tumour with Extensive Ossification: An Unusual Case Presentation |
| title_fullStr | Endobronchial Carcinoid Tumour with Extensive Ossification: An Unusual Case Presentation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Endobronchial Carcinoid Tumour with Extensive Ossification: An Unusual Case Presentation |
| title_short | Endobronchial Carcinoid Tumour with Extensive Ossification: An Unusual Case Presentation |
| title_sort | endobronchial carcinoid tumour with extensive ossification an unusual case presentation |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5984671 |
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