Difficulties in diagnosing carcinoid tumors of the tracheobronchopulmonary system

Carcinoid tumors of the tracheo-bronchopulmonary system have their own peculiarities that should be taken into account when planning diagnostic studies, analyzing the obtained results to choose the optimal variant of surgical treatment. We have analyzed the case histories of 121 patients treated in RNCRR for a long period of time, from 1974 to the present. The value of using various morphologic, radiologic, endoscopic and surgical methods of diagnostics was traced. An algorithm of their application was developed. The use of intraoperative bronchotomy at the final stage of the study to determine the localization and nature of the tumor focus in order to establish the possibility of radical, organ-preserving resections of the lung, trachea and bronchi was substantiated.