Overdiagnosis of a typical carcinoid tumor as an adenocarcinoma of the lung: a case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Overdiagnosis of bronchopulmonary carcinoid tumors together with overtreatment can cause serious postoperative consequences for the patient. We report of a patient with a typical bronchopulmonary carcinoid tumor, which was initially misdiagnosed and treated as an adenocarcinoma of the lu...

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Autores principales: Demirci, Ilhan, Herold, Susanne, Kopp, Andreas, Flaßhove, Michael, Klosterhalfen, Bernd, Janßen, Hermann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3317839/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22269186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-10-19

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