[Mediastinal aberrant goiter; report of a case].
A 54-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of an abnormal shadow on chest X-ray. Chest computed tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated an anterior mediastinal tumor. The tumor was resected completely through a median sternotomy. The tumor was dissected successfully from the surrounding vessels in spite of the heavy adhesion to them. The blood supply of the tumor was from a branch of the brachiocephalic artery. The tumor was 9 x 8 x 3 cm in size, and was diagnosed as an aberrant mediastinal goiter since it showed no communication to the thyroid gland. An aberrant mediastinal goiter is a quite rare entity of diseases and its removal through the neck would result in uncontrolled blood loss because its blood supply usually derives from intrathoracic vessels.
Neri
Shinya
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Chen
F
F
Fujinaga
T
T
Sato
K
K
Sonobe
M
M
Shoji
T
T
Sakai
H
H
Miyahara
R
R
Okubo
K
K
Hirata
T
T
Wada
H
H
Bando
T
T
D002828:Choristoma; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D013961:Thyroid Gland