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Giant Thyroid Mass Excision Using Energy Device and Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous Flap Reconstruction

  • Song, Min Seok (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Sang Joon (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine) ;
  • Woo, Seung Hoon (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2020.09.11
  • Accepted : 2020.11.19
  • Published : 2021.06.30
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Abstract

A giant thyroid mass can be associated with severe compressive symptoms, requiring surgery for treatment. This paper reports the case of an 82-year-old man who presented with a giant thyroid mass that was suspected of being a metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma on fine-needle aspiration cytology. A harmonic scalpel was used to excise the giant thyroid mass. A pectoralis major myocutaneous flap was used for reconstruction. The histopathology assessment confirmed the metastases in the lymph node and papillary thyroid carcinoma in the resected gland.

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