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An Atypical Lung Carcinoid Tumor Resected After Induction Therapy with Involvement of the Superior Sulcus Region: Report of a Case

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This report presents a case of lung carcinoid tumor that showed a growth pattern similar to that of a superior sulcus tumor (SST). A 63-year-old man was referred to our hospital and was diagnosed to have a stage IV (T3N2M1) SST on his right side. After three cycles of induction therapy with MVP (methotrexate/vinblastine/prednisolone) and a total dose of 45 Gy radiation given to the chest lesion, the clinical stage was restaged down to IIB (T3N0M0). A salvage operation was performed (upper lobectomy plus chest wall combined resection including the first to fourth ribs) followed by targeting adjuvant brachytherapy. The results of a histologic examination of the resected specimen revealed the tumor to be an atypical carcinoid tumor.

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  1. Departments of Surgery I and, , , , , , JP

    Yasuhiko Ohta, Arinori Toda, Naohiro Ohta, Makoto Oda & Go Watanabe

  2. Pathology, Kanazawa University, School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan, , , , , , JP

    Hiroshi Minato & Akitaka Nonomura

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  1. Yasuhiko Ohta
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Received: July 23, 2001 / Accepted: January 8, 2002

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Ohta, Y., Toda, A., Ohta, N. et al. An Atypical Lung Carcinoid Tumor Resected After Induction Therapy with Involvement of the Superior Sulcus Region: Report of a Case. Surg Today 32, 632–634 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005950200114

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