[Oncocytic carcinoid tumor of the lung]. / Tüdó oncocyter carcinoid tumora.

ABSTRACT

An elderly female patient was admitted and operated on for a lesion in the upper lobe of the right lung. After lobectomy the patient has recovered without complications. Histology proved oncocyter carcinoid tumour. This neuro-endocrine tumour is a rarity in the lungs with less than forty cases reported in the reviewed literature. This is the first case reported in Hungary.