title: Preoperative embolization followed by surgical excision of a giant thymic carcinoid.
abstract: We report the case of a 35-year old woman with a giant thymic carcinoid of the left hemithorax. Enhanced computed tomography showed marked vascularization of the tumour, with an enlarged drainage vein. Endovascular embolization of the major feeding arteries of the tumour was performed preoperatively with good angiographic results. A left thoracotomy was performed the following day. Minimal bleeding was observed due to prior embolization. The patient made a rapid postoperative recovery and was discharged 8 days later.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Yiming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Chang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Minwei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Gening
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yuming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013908:Thoracotomy; D013934:Thymectomy; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D047368:Tumor Burden