title: Successful resection of posterior mediastinal thyroid cancer by partial sternotomy combined with video-assisted thoracoscopy.
abstract: We report on a rare case of substernal thyroid carcinoma extending into the posterior mediastinum of a 48-year-old man. The tumor was resected by partial sternotomy and a small anterior thoracotomy, combined with video-assisted thoracoscopy. The pathological diagnosis was of a well differentiated papillary adenocarcinoma of the thyroid with mediastinal extension. The patient had an uneventful postoperative course and no recurrence of tumor 6 months after surgical treatment. We describe this surgical approach and discuss the advantage for cervicothoracic tumors extending into the posterior mediastinum.
authors: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Matsue Red Cross Hospital, Matsue, Shimane, Japan.
authors: Noritaka
authors: N
authors: Isowa
authors: Ryutaro
authors: R
authors: Kikuchi
authors: Yasuomi
authors: Y
authors: Kunimoto
authors: Kazuyuki
authors: K
authors: Ito
authors: Hirokazu
authors: H
authors: Tokuyasu
authors: Katsuhiko
authors: K
authors: Fukuda
authors: Yuji
authors: Y
authors: Kawasaki
mesh_terms: D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*