Bronchoscopic management of endobronchial carcinoid presenting as asthma Mimic

Ayman Rizk; Mohamed A Salam; Engy Elnahas; Hasnaa Fekry; Mohamed Salem; Marwa Magdy; Mohamed Zidan; Ayman Nosseir; Yasser Eldowik; Adel Kotb; Mahmoud Ibrahim Mahmoud; Hatem Elmallawany

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101020

Bronchoscopic management of endobronchial carcinoid presenting as asthma Mimic

Respir Med Case Rep. 2020 Feb 10:29:101020. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101020. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Interventional Pulmonology Unit of Alexandria Police Hospital, Egypt.
² Chest Department of University Hospital of Alexandria, Egypt.
³ Thoracic Surgery Department University Hospital of Alexandria, Egypt.
⁴ Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt.

Abstract

We report a 25-year-old woman with persistent dyspnea and wheezes that had been unsuccessfully treated with inhaled beta 2-agonists and steroids for about one year. Spirometry demonstrated a restrictive pattern. Chest CT demonstrated polypoidal lesion in left main bronchus. The lesion was excised via rigid bronchoscopy. Pathology showed a picture of typical bronchial carcinoid. In this patient, due to the lack of awareness, diagnosis of carcinoid was delayed for one year.

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Case Reports