title: Use of bronchoscopic electrocautery in removing an endotracheal metastasis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-702, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hye Sook
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Seok Yeon
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Cheon Woong
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jee Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Hong Mo
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Myung Jae
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: 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*