[Giant mediastinal thyroid follicular carcinoma with tracheal stenosis].
A 76-year-old female was admitted to the hospital with dyspnea and hypertention. She had the giant thyroid tumor which had been awared but not treated for 40 years. On a computed tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the tumor was 14 x 10 cm and the tracheal stenosis was completely intrathoracic, which was 5 x 7 mm. Tracheal incubation was performed safety by using percutaneous cardiopulmonary support. A subtotal thyroidectomy was performed by midsternotomy with cervical incision. The weight of the resected specimen was 340 g and the pathological diagnosis was follicular thyroid carcinoma. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient suffered no hoarseness and dyspnea.
Ishibashi
Hironori
H
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Ohta
S
S
Hirose
M
M
Kitano
M
M
Kato
T
T
Yokoyama
J
J
Muro
H
H
Morita
T
T
Takagi
A
A
D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome