Bronchial Carcinoid Tumors with Massive Osseous Metaplasia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Bronchial carcinoid tumors are primary lung neoplasms thought to originate from neuroendocrine cells, i.e. Kulchitsky cells, in the bronchial mucosa, although the type of cellular origin has not been clearly understood. A 61-year-old male patient underwent surgery and microscopic examination of the...

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Published inTurk patoloji dergisi Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 159 - 163
Main Authors Özşen, Mine, Yalçinkaya, Ulviye, Akyildiz, Elif Ülker, Bayram, Ahmet Sami, Gökalp, Gökhan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Turkey Federation of Turkish Pathology Societies 2020
Subjects
Bronchi - pathology
bronchial carcinoid tumor
Carcinoid Tumor - pathology
carcinoid variants
Case Report
Humans
Lung Neoplasms - pathology
Male
Metaplasia - pathology
Middle Aged
osseous metaplasia
Ossification, Heterotopic - pathology
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Summary:Bronchial carcinoid tumors are primary lung neoplasms thought to originate from neuroendocrine cells, i.e. Kulchitsky cells, in the bronchial mucosa, although the type of cellular origin has not been clearly understood. A 61-year-old male patient underwent surgery and microscopic examination of the specimen revealed an anastomosing trabecular bony structure among the nests of tumor cells with round nucleus, granular chromatin, and large eosinophilic cytoplasm. Our case has been deemed worthy of being presented as bronchial carcinoid tumor with exaggerated osseous metaplasia.
ISSN:1018-5615
1309-5730
DOI:10.5146/tjpath.2018.01457