Typical pulmonary carcinoid tumours

Last revised by Hussein Furaiji on 1 Dec 2022

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Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Furaiji H, Bell D, Typical pulmonary carcinoid tumours. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 24 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-69208

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-69208

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/69208

rID:

69208

Article created:

2 Jul 2019, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

1 Dec 2022, Hussein Furaiji

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Hussein Furaiji had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Revisions:

4 times, by 3 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Chest

Synonyms:

Typical carcinoid tumours of the lung
Typical pulmonary carcinoid tumour
Typical pulmonary carcinoid tumors
Typical pulmonary carcinoid tumor
Typical carcinoid tumors of the lung
Typical carcinoid tumour of the lung
Typical carcinoid tumor of the lung
Typical pulmonary carcinoids
Typical pulmonary carcinoid

Typical pulmonary carcinoid tumours are considered the more common and more benign low grade form of peripheral pulmonary carcinoid tumours. There is little or no known association between typical carcinoid tumours and tobacco use or exposure to other carcinogens which contrasts to atypical carcinoid tumours which have been reported to have an association with tobacco use ² .