[Diagnostic complexities and anatomical surprises in a case of thyroid surgery for papillary carcinoma].
We present the case of a male patient who needed surgery for a large undefined submandibular schwannoma and a small contralateral thyroid carcinoma associated with cervical lymph nodes of a dubious nature. During the operative procedure all the pathological conditions were resolved, with some remarkable surprises. A non-functioning parathyroid adenoma was found and removed. A fairly unusual anatomical complication was also detected with regard to the right inferior laryngeal nerve, i.e. an anastomotic branch connecting the main trunk to the vagus nerve.
Sandrini
Alessandro
A
Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Unità di Endocrinochirurgia, Ospedale Sacro Cuore, Negrar, Verona.
Turetta
Giandomenico
G
Fattovich
Giovanni
G
D000055:Accessory Nerve; D020436:Accessory Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007823:Laryngeal Nerves / Q000002:abnormalities; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000473:pathology; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities