Radical surgical treatment of locally advanced thyroid cancer

Abstract

The result of radical treatment of locally advanced thyroid cancer with metastases to the regional lymph nodes of the neck on the left, with tissue breakdown and skin fistula formation, is presented. An 84-year-old female patient has severe concomitant pathology, such as ischemic heart disease, widespread atherosclerosis, cardiosclerosis, and permanent atrial fibrillation (tachy form, Grade 2A). A conglomerate of lymph nodes with disintegration in the projection of the external jugular vein and possible profuse bleeding was considered an absolute indication for surgery, which was performed on February 10, 2015. Considering the conglomeration of the lymph nodes of the neck, which displaced the trachea to the right, an endoscopist was called in, who performed tracheal intubation through the nose using a fiberoptic bronchoscope. The surgical treatment included combined thyroidectomy, a Crile’s operation on the left side, and the removal of the conglomerate of the lymph nodes of the neck as well as the adjacent area of the skin in a single block. The postoperative period was uneventful. On the second day after surgery, the patient was examined by an endocrinologist. The prescribed treatment was L-thyroxine 75 mg once a day in the morning. On the fifth day, the patient was discharged with recovery to be treated in the outpatient clinic by an oncologist and an endocrinologist.

Keywords

clinical case / cancer / thyroid gland / radical treatment

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