title: [Mediastinal aberrant goiter; report of a case].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neri
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujinaga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sonobe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miyahara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okubo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bando
mesh_terms: 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