Pleural recurrence after surgery for bronchial carcinoid tumors in two patients: diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties

Recurrence after surgery for bronchial carcinoid tumors is very uncommon ir t cases of typical tumors and occasionally seen in cases of atypical tumors . We observed two cases of recurrence in an unusual location, the pleura. S omatosiatin analog and MIBG scinigrams were useful for diagnosis. Treatment required surgical excision of the relapsing tumor, cytoreductive hepatic s urgery or hepatic arterial chemoembolization for liver metastases, chemothe rapy, interferon, radionuclide therapy, and somatostatin analogs for carcin oic syndrome.