Floating left innominate vein neoplastic thrombus: A rare case of mediastinal extension of follicular thyroid carcinoma.
- Resource Type
- Case Study
- Authors
- Franco, IF; Gurrado, A; Lissidini, G; Di Meo, G; Pasculli, A; Testini, M
- Source
- Phlebology. Mar2015, Vol. 30 Issue 2, p140-144. 5p.
- Subject
- *MEDIASTINUM diseases
*COMPUTED tomography
*THYROIDECTOMY
*DIAGNOSIS
*THERAPEUTICS
CERVIX uteri tumors
- Language
- ISSN
- 0268-3555
The article presents a case study of a 59-year-old woman with thyroid cancer who was treated in emergency surgery. It mentions that woman was suffering from dyspnea, venous congestion and facial flushing for five years. In a computed tomography scan thyroid mass was revealed extending up to upper mediastinum with compression and displacement of carotid artery and right jugular vein.