Willfredy Castano Ruiz
Thoracic Surgeon, Pablo Tobon Uribe Hospital, Colombia
Publications
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Case Report
Intrapulmonary Lymph Nodes Positive for Metastasis, In A Typical Multifocal Neuroendocrine Tumor: Case Report
Author(s): Habib Mantilla Gaviria* and Willfredy Castano Ruiz
Background: Multifocal neuroendocrine tumors of the lung are rare, usually having low nodal involvement in early stages. We bring to the literature a case of a typical multifocal carcinoid associated to tumors with intrapulmonary lymph node (IPLN) involvement. Case Presentation: 59-year-old female asymptomatic patient with multiple nodules in the right lower lobe, PET-CT with hypermetabolic nodule, adequate pulmonary function, for which a right lower lobectomy was performed plus intrapulmonary lymph nodes dissection in the fresh surgical specimen. The lymph nodes of stations 11, 12, 13 and 14 were sent to pathology. The pathology laboratory report showed that stations 10, 11, 12 and 13 were negative, but station 14 was positive. Thus, changing the stage from Ia2 to IIb. Conclusion: This patient had an upstaging bec.. Read More»