Huge typical pulmonary carcinoid presented with gigantism syndrome.
Gigantism
Lung cancer
Typical pulmonary carcinoid
Journal
General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
ISSN: 1863-6713
Titre abrégé: Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
Pays: Japan
ID NLM: 101303952
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2021
Feb 2021
Historique:
received:
27
05
2020
accepted:
17
07
2020
pubmed:
30
7
2020
medline:
15
4
2021
entrez:
30
7
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
A 27-year-old male patient presented with cough and right-sided, light thoracic pain. His physical appearance showed typical features of gigantism. Subsequently, further diagnostic work-up showed elevated level of growth hormone and a huge tumor of the right lung, identifying a typical pulmonary carcinoid tumor (TPCT). Curative surgery was performed leading to normalization of the elevated growth hormone levels few days after surgery. Two- and five-year follow-up showed no signs of recurrence. Respected to tumor size, we determined the largest TPCT to be reported in medical literature history.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32725474
doi: 10.1007/s11748-020-01445-9
pii: 10.1007/s11748-020-01445-9
pmc: PMC7868318
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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