2011 Volume 25 Issue 5 Pages 559-562
We report a case of two aberrant mediastinal goiters that were resected by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) with a purely thoracoscpoic view. A 55-year-old male was admitted to our hospital for the treatment of a mediastinal tumor. Chest CT revealed a mass behind the trachea and to the left of the esophagus. MRI demonstrated a mass consisting of two tumors positioned one above the other. The extirpation of these tumors was performed employing VATS with a purely thoracoscpoic view. Pathologically, these tumors were diagnosed as adenoma. Aberrant mediastinal goiter separate from the thyroid gland is a rare disease. VATS with a purely thoracoscpoic view is feasible in cases of upper mediastinal tumor.
