Typical bronchial carcinoid with repeated recurrence observed for 17 years after radical operation

A 68-years-old male patient had been diagnosed as having bronchial carcinoid in B2 and right upper lobectomy with systematic hiler and mediastinal lymphadenectomy had been performed in 1996. Pathological diagnosis was a typical carcinoid (pT1aN0M0, stage I A). In 2004, 4 tumors were found in the trachea, right bronchial stump, right main bronchi and right B6 orfice. These were diagnosed as typical carcinoids by pathology. In 2005 argon plasma coagration was performed.In 2013, a localized recurrence was found in the right S6 by chest computed tomography (CT). The segmentectomy of the right S6 was performed. Even after radical operation for typical carcinoids, we should conduct long-term observation.