Management of an ascending aortic aneurysm with coronary artery disease and tracheal compression from a substernal goiter

J Card Surg. 2005 Mar-Apr;20(2):177-9. doi: 10.1111/j.0886-0440.2005.200412.x.

Abstract

We report the case of a 61-year-old female, who presented with a history of chronic fatigue, dyspnea on exertion, a widened mediastinum with tracheal deviation on chest X-ray, and a neck mass. After a diagnostic workup, the patient was found to have a paratracheal mass extending into the chest in addition to a 6.5 cm ascending aortic aneurysm with aortic insufficiency, and a 70% stenosis of the right coronary artery. She underwent successful resection of a substernal goiter via a neck incision facilitated by a previously performed sternotomy for a concomitant ascending aortic root replacement and a bypass utilizing the RIMA to the distal RCA.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aorta / physiopathology
  • Aorta / surgery*
  • Aortic Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Coronary Artery Disease / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Goiter, Substernal / complications
  • Goiter, Substernal / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Tracheal Diseases / physiopathology
  • Tracheal Diseases / surgery*