Pleural Metastasis of Atypical Bronchial Carcinoid

Abstract

Pulmonary carcinoids are relatively rare tumors with low metastatic potential. Pleural carcinomatosis of a bronchial carcinoid has only been reported in 4 cases. Due to the rarity of this condition, there are no guidelines for its treatment or management. We report a case of atypical carcinoid with local recurrence and pleural metastases treated by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy and total pleurectomy with photodynamic therapy after non-radical wedge resection.

An unusual metastasis of atypical pulmonary carcinoid to the renal adipose capsule mimicking primary renal cell carcinoma

“…The most common sites of metastases are liver, bone, brain, and mediastinal lymph nodes. [4] There has been only one reported case of metastasis from the pulmonary carcinoid to the kidney, however to the best of our knowledge, ours is the first report of metastasis from a lung carcinoid tumor to the renal adipose capsule. [5] Physicians should be aware that pulmonary carcinoids may metastasize to very unusual sites, even if imaging exams strongly suggest a diagnosis of the primary neoplasm.…”