title: [Two cases of thyroid cancer resected with trachea].
abstract: We described two patients of thyroid cancer with tracheal invasion. A 54-aged female visited our hospital with complaint of the neck pain. Echography showed a tumor in the right lobe of the thyroid. In operation the thyroid tumor invaded the trachea and right recurrent nerve. A 24-aged male visited our hospital with complaint of a mass of the left side neck. Echography showed a tumor in the left lobe of the thyroid. In operation the thyroid tumor invaded the trachea, lymph node and left recurrent nerve. In these two cases we could find thyroid tumors invaded into the trachea by echography. We re-evaluated the utility of echography.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Tokushima University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oshimo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Komaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Monden
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography