[A case of recurrent mediastinal goiter (oxyphilic cell carcinoma)].
A case of recurrent mediastinal goiter (oxyphilic cell carcinoma) in a 66-year-old female was reported. 19 years ago, the patient submitted to a right-hemithyroidectomy for the oxyphilic cell adenoma. Since two months, her dyspnea gradually aggravated. On admission, abnormal mass of right upper mediastinum was shown by chest X-ray. CT scan and MRI showed a 8 cm sized right upper mediastinal tumor with tracheal compression.
Yamauchi
H
H
Department of Surgery, Ibaraki Prefectual Central Hospital & Regional Cancer Center, Japan.
Amemiya
R
R
Hishikawa
S
S
Furukawa
S
S
Fukatsu
K
K
Ono
H
H
Izu
M
M
Koizumi
S
S
Hasegawa
H
H
Togawa
S
S
D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence