Cystic Degeneration of a Carcinoid Lung Tumor: An Uncommon Cause of an Intrathoracic Cyst Hammad Sheikh, MRCS, MBBS, Chinyelu Menakaya, MRCS, Lazlo Hajdu, FRCS, Michael Shackcloth, FRCS The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 91, Issue 6, Pages 1966-1967 (June 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.027 Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Chest roentgenogram shows a lesion occupying the left lower hemithorax. (B) A computed tomography scan shows a 15-cm cystic lesion with mediastinal shift and some calcification. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 91, 1966-1967DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.027) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A, B) Histology (eosin and hematoxylin, respectively) shows largely degenerate epithelial neoplasm and some cellular and nuclear pleomorphism, but no necrosis. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 91, 1966-1967DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.027) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions