A case of typical pulmonary carcinoid accompanying multiple liver metastases

Abstract

A 60-year-old woman consulted our hospital for bronchial tumor. PET scan revealed no uptake but the original tumor. Bronchoscopic examination revealed a polypoid tumor in the left lower trunk. Left lower lobectomy was performed because a trans-bronchial biopsy specimen was diagnosed as a “malignancy”. Histological study of the resected specimen was diagnosed as typical carcinoid. The post operative course was uneventful, but multiple liver metastases were confirmed by transcutaneus liver biopsy. Distant metastasis of typical carcinoid was reported as 3.9%. We herein report a rare case of typical carcinoid with liver metastases.