In the years 1980-1989 in the Thoracosurgery Department, Silesian Medical Academy in Katowice, 12 patients were treated in whom primary bronchopulmonary carcinoid was diagnosed. Surgical treatment was given to 11 patients. In three of them atypical carcinoid structure was found. From the group of 12 patients three died after 3-22 months. No information was available about one patient but it could be supposed that this patient also died.