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Department of Thoracic Surgeon, Pablo Tobon Uribe Hospital, Medellin, Colombia
Case Report
Neuroendocrine Lung Tumor and Metastatic Intrapulmonary Lymph Nodes
Author(s): Habib Mantilla Gaviria* and Willfredy Castano Ruiz
Background: Multifocal neuroendocrine tumors of the lung are rare, usually having low nodal involvement in early
stages. We bring to the literature a case of a typical multifocal carcinoid associated to tumors with Intra-Pulmonary
Lymph Node (IPLN) involvement.
Case presentation: 59-year-old female asymptomatic patient with multiple nodules in the right lower lobe, PET-CT
with hypermetabolic nodule, adequate pulmonary function, for which a right lower lobectomy was performed plus
intrapulmonary lymph nodes dissection in the fresh surgical specimen. The lymph nodes of stations 11, 12, 13 and 14
were sent to pathology. The pathology laboratory report showed that stations 10, 11, 12 and 13 were negative, but
station 14 was positive. Thus, changing the stage from Ia2 to IIb.
Conclusion: This patient had a.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/JCCLM.23.6.269