Exercise-induced "asthma" as a presentation of bronchial carcinoid
Wynn, S.R.; O'Connell, E.J.; Frigas, E.; Payne, W.S.; Sachs, M.I.
Annals of Allergy 57(2): 139-141
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-4738 PMID: 3017156 Document Number: 271792
Exercise-induced wheezing developed in a previously healthy 14-year-old boy. Chest radiographs revealed hyperlucency of the left lung. Bronchial tomography and bronchoscopy revealed a mass in the left mainstem bronchus, identified as a carcinoid tumor after surgical excision. The patient is now asymptomatic. Exercise-induced wheezing as the sole manifestation of this tumor has not been previously reported.