Bronchial carcinoid arising in intralobar bronchopulmonary sequestration with vascular supply from the left gastric artery. Case report

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1985 Jul;90(1):25-8.

Abstract

We report the unique case of a large, nonmetastasizing bronchial carcinoid tumor that arose within an intralobar bronchopulmonary sequestration in a 45-year-old man. The vascular supply to the sequestrated area within the left lower lobe as well as to the carcinoid tumor originated from atypical branches of the left gastric artery and the thoracic aorta. A left lower lobe lobectomy was performed. Histologically, a typical carcinoid tumor without lymph node metastases was found (T2 N0 M0). Seven years postoperatively, the patient is without signs of recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arteries
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / blood supply
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / surgery
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / diagnostic imaging
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / blood supply
  • Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Atelectasis / complications
  • Pulmonary Atelectasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Stomach / blood supply*