Complete Regression of Endobronchial Carcinoid Tumor after an Endoscopic Biopsy

• Published in: Internal Medicine Vol. 62; no. 22; pp. 3387 - 3391
• Main Authors: Saeki, Kazuhiko, Moritaka, Tomonori, Inoue, Koji, Kondo, Haruka, Nakanishi, Norihiko, Tachibana, Sayaka, Katsuta, Tomoya, Nakamura, Junya, Morimoto, Kojiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 15.11.2023; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Aged, 80 and over; Biopsy; Bronchi - pathology; Bronchial Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; bronchoscopic examination; Bronchoscopy; Bronchus; Carcinoid Tumor - diagnostic imaging; Carcinoid Tumor - surgery; Case Report; Computed tomography; endobronchial carcinoid; Female; Humans; Internal medicine; spontaneous regression; Tumors; biopsy; spontaneous regression; bronchoscopic examination; endobronchial carcinoid
• ISSN: 0918-2918; 1349-7235; 1349-7235
• DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.1263-22

An 80-year-old woman who had been diagnosed with an endobronchial carcinoid tumor visited our hospital for treatment with an endoscopic technique. However, a bronchoscopic examination at our hospital showed spontaneous regression of the tumor at the orifice of the right middle lobar bronchus. Chest computed tomography five months later revealed no local recurrence. This is the second report of an endobronchial carcinoid tumor vanishing after an endoscopic biopsy.