title: [Giant mediastinal thyroid follicular carcinoma with tracheal stenosis].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Hironori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Muro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takagi
mesh_terms: 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