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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003;24:174
© 2003 Elsevier Science NL

Letter to the Editor

Synchronous bilateral typical carcinoid of the lung

Department of Thoracic Surgery, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, University of Torino, Via Genova, 3 10126 Turin, Italy

Received 6 February 2003; received in revised form 11 February 2003; accepted 13 March 2003.

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e-mail: pierluigifilosso@tiscalinet.it

Key Words: Lung • Neuroendocrine tumour • Positron emission tomography scan • Solitary pulmonary nodule • Surgery

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We read with interest the paper of Beshay and colleagues [1]. It is an interesting report about an unusual presentation of synchronous bilateral typical carcinoid (TC) of the lung, treated with resection.

The authors report that the patient was referred with diagnosis of bilateral lung metastases of unknown origin. Past history was unremarkable for surgical procedures and smoking history. Presumably (although not stated by the authors), a preoperative cytological diagnosis with fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) would have resulted inconclusive because of the small size of the lesions.

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