TY - JOUR
T1 - Transthoracic, transdiaphragmatic excision of simultaneous lung and adrenal lesions
AU - Flores, Raja M.
AU - Goldstein, Daniel J.
AU - Sung, Randall S.
AU - Steinglass, Kenneth M.
AU - Weinstein, Samuel
AU - Chabot, John A.
PY - 1998/3
Y1 - 1998/3
N2 - Simultaneous adrenal and pulmonary lesions frequently present a therapeutic challenge to the thoracic surgeon. We describe 2 cases in which a transthoracic, transdiaphragmatic approach was used to establish tissue diagnosis and complete removal of gross tumor. In 1 case an intraoperative decision to perform a pneumonectomy was dictated by the tissue diagnosis of the adrenal mass, which was obtained with relative ease via this method. In both cases the morbidity of traditional approaches for adrenal operation was avoided.
AB - Simultaneous adrenal and pulmonary lesions frequently present a therapeutic challenge to the thoracic surgeon. We describe 2 cases in which a transthoracic, transdiaphragmatic approach was used to establish tissue diagnosis and complete removal of gross tumor. In 1 case an intraoperative decision to perform a pneumonectomy was dictated by the tissue diagnosis of the adrenal mass, which was obtained with relative ease via this method. In both cases the morbidity of traditional approaches for adrenal operation was avoided.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)01414-8
DO - 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)01414-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 9527227
AN - SCOPUS:0032033032
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 65
SP - 833
EP - 835
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 3
ER -