Bronchial sleeve resections for carcinoid tumor in the first decade of life.

Two male patients who were admitted to our department with wheezing, and symptoms of recurrent pneumonia, aged 7 and 10 years, were both diagnosed to have endobronchial masses in the right intermediate bronchus. We employed bronchial sleeve resections with pathological results of carcinoid tumor. Patients were discharged on postoperative days 7 and 8, respectively. The aim of this study is to emphasize the bronchial sleeve resection as a technically feasible procedure in the first decade of life.