A case of carcinoid tumor of the right truncus intermedius resected by the bronchoplasty without lobectomy

A case report of endobronchial carcinoid was presented. A 20-year-old male complaining of hemoptosis was bronchoscopically proved to have a carcinoid tumor located in the membraneous portion of the right truncus intermedius. Right thoracotomy was done on February 26, 1990, and bronchoplasty was performed without losing lung parenchyma. We cut right upper bronchus, truncus intermedius, and main bronchus, and performed double-barreled anastomosis between a double end of right upper bronchus and truncus intermedius and right main bronchus. Histological diagnosis was typical carcinoid. Postoperative course was uneventful, and one year after the operation anastomosis line was proved clear with no evidence of carcinoid recurrence of granular stenosis.