Post-pneumonectomy syndrome is an unusual condition, that can occur a variable period of time after a patient has had a pneumonectomy. Management of this syndrome has been described using a number of different techniques, often with considerable mortality. We present a case report where this condition was treated successfully by insertion of an expandable Nitinol stent. This is the first time this technique has been described to treat this condition, and we feel it may be the procedure of choice in managing these patients.

Solitary fibrous tumours of the thyroid gland are rare; only five cases have been reported in the literature. Clinically, they present as a long-standing firm mass in the thyroid. Histologically, they show a range of appearances including so-called ‘patternless growth pattern’, spindle-cell morphology, alternating hypo- and hyper-cellular areas, keloid-like hyalinization and a prominent haemangiopericytoma – like architecture. The behaviour of extrathoracic solitary fibrous tumours is unpredictable and requires careful, long-term follow-up.