Tracheal laceration after laser ablation of nodular goitre.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
; 14(1): 115-6, 2012 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
A tracheal perforation was discovered after Nd-YAG laser thermal ablation (LTA) of a thyroid nodule. The LTA is a relatively new method of treatment of thyroid nodules, which consists of delivering laser energy into the thyroid by means of two optical fibres. The patient presented with a multinodular goitre and initially refused surgery, then underwent an LTA of a thyroid nodule. Fifty days after the procedure she started to have symptoms related to a tracheal stenosis and, after tracheoscopy, a tracheal perforation was diagnosed and she underwent a total thyroidectomy plus tracheal repair. The results of the histological examination revealed a goitre with a focal area of papillary carcinoma. This particular complication is likely the first of its kind to be described after the LTA of a thyroid nodule.
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Assunto principal:
Tireoidectomia
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Traqueia
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Doenças da Traqueia
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Terapia a Laser
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Lasers de Estado Sólido
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Bócio Nodular
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2012
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Article