Combination Therapy of Temporary Tracheal Stenting and Radiofrequency Ablation for Multinodular Thyroid Goiter with Airway Compression
Korean Journal of Radiology 2013³â 14±Ç 5È£ p.805 ~ p.809
½ÅÁöÈÆ(Shin Ji-Hoon) - University of Ulsan College of Medicine Asan Medical Center Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology
¿À¿¬¸ñ(Oh Yeon-Mok) - University of Ulsan College of Medicine Asan Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology
¹éÁ¤È¯(Baek Jung-Hwan) - University of Ulsan College of Medicine Asan Medical Center Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology
ÇÏÀºÁÖ(Ha Eun-Ju) - University of Ulsan College of Medicine Asan Medical Center Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology
ÀÌÁ¤Çö(Lee Jeong-Hyun) - University of Ulsan College of Medicine Asan Medical Center Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology
Abstract
We report a case of multinodular thyroid goiter in an 80-year-old man who successfully underwent tracheal stent placement for respiratory distress caused by the thyroid goiter and following two radiofrequency (RF) ablation sessions performed for thyroid volume reduction. This sequential treatment allowed elective stent removals four weeks after the second RF ablation session because the thyroid volume had been progressively reduced. Combination therapy of temporary airway stenting and RF ablation for the treatment of thyroid goiter has two advantages, i.e., immediate reliefs of dyspnea with airway stenting and reductions of the thyroid volume with RF ablation, and thus, allowing symptom reliefs even after the stent removals.
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Airway stenting, Radiofrequency ablation, Thyroid goiter
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0880420130140050805
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Combination therapy of temporary airway stenting and RF ablation for the treatment of thyroid goiter has two advantages, i.e., immediate reliefs of dyspnea with airway stenting and reductions of the thyroid volume with RF ablation.