Use of bronchoscopic electrocautery in removing an endotracheal metastasis.
Bronchoscopic electrocautery is an easy, safe and rapid local method for the removal of a tracheal metastasis. Recently, we experienced a case of papillary serous carcinoma of the ovary with tracheal metastasis in a 45-year-old woman. Twelve years after the initial diagnosis of ovarian cancer, the patient presented with dyspnea. A chest CT scan showed that the trachea was nearly obstructed with a polypoid mass. The mass, later shown to be a metastatic papillary serous carcinoma, was removed by flexible bronchoscopic electrocautery with a snare. To our knowledge, this report is the first to describe the successful removal of an endotracheal metastasis of ovarian cancer using bronchoscopic electrocautery.
Choi
Hye Sook
HS
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-702, Republic of Korea.
Kim
Seok Yeon
SY
Choi
Cheon Woong
CW
You
Jee Hong
JH
Kang
Hong Mo
HM
Park
Myung Jae
MJ
D000328:Adult; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*