Huge Hilar Carcinoid Tumor Resected by Transsternal Pneumonectomy: A Case Presentation

Carcinoid tumors comprise an uncommon group of pulmonary neoplasms with neuroendocrine origin. In comparison with typical carcinoid tumors, atypical tumors are less common and more aggressive. We present a 35-year old female with atypical carcinoid tumor. The mass was located centrally and transster...

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Autores principales: Biharas Monfared, Ali, Mosadegh, Leila, Daneshvar Kakhaki, Abolghasem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4386017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25852763
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author Biharas Monfared, Ali
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description Carcinoid tumors comprise an uncommon group of pulmonary neoplasms with neuroendocrine origin. In comparison with typical carcinoid tumors, atypical tumors are less common and more aggressive. We present a 35-year old female with atypical carcinoid tumor. The mass was located centrally and transsternal pneumonectomy was performed to resect the tumor.
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spelling pubmed-43860172015-04-07 Huge Hilar Carcinoid Tumor Resected by Transsternal Pneumonectomy: A Case Presentation Biharas Monfared, Ali Mosadegh, Leila Daneshvar Kakhaki, Abolghasem Tanaffos Case Report Carcinoid tumors comprise an uncommon group of pulmonary neoplasms with neuroendocrine origin. In comparison with typical carcinoid tumors, atypical tumors are less common and more aggressive. We present a 35-year old female with atypical carcinoid tumor. The mass was located centrally and transsternal pneumonectomy was performed to resect the tumor. National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4386017/ /pubmed/25852763 Text en Copyright © 2014 National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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title Huge Hilar Carcinoid Tumor Resected by Transsternal Pneumonectomy: A Case Presentation
title_full Huge Hilar Carcinoid Tumor Resected by Transsternal Pneumonectomy: A Case Presentation
title_fullStr Huge Hilar Carcinoid Tumor Resected by Transsternal Pneumonectomy: A Case Presentation
title_full_unstemmed Huge Hilar Carcinoid Tumor Resected by Transsternal Pneumonectomy: A Case Presentation
title_short Huge Hilar Carcinoid Tumor Resected by Transsternal Pneumonectomy: A Case Presentation
title_sort huge hilar carcinoid tumor resected by transsternal pneumonectomy: a case presentation
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