TITLE:
A Surgical Case of Bilateral Pulmonary Metastases from Thyroid Follicular Cancer
AUTHORS:
Motohisa Kuwahara, Masato Iwami, Masae Mano, Toshihiko Moroga, Akinori Iwasaki
KEYWORDS:
Thyroid Follicular Cancer, Pulmonary Metastases, Metastasectomy
JOURNAL NAME:
Surgical Science,
Vol.6 No.10,
October
21,
2015
ABSTRACT: An 80-year-old woman underwent a bilateral lung resection for metastases
originating from follicular thyroid cancer. The resection was performed 30
years after right hemithyroidectomy to remove the follicular adenoma. Chest
X-ray revealed a 30-mm mass shadow in the right lower lung filed. Chest
computed tomography revealed a 32-mm mass shadow in right lung segment 10 (S10)
and a 15-mm nodular shadow in left S10. Another partial lung resection of left
S10 and a right lower lobectomy were performed 3 months later. Although rarely
performed, resection of bilateral pulmonary metastases arising from follicular
thyroid cancer was conducted for this patient.