Management of a Long-Standing Huge Goiter During a Humanitarian Mission: A Case Report

Giant goiters are still encountered in low-income countries where diagnosis and management remain challenging. The authors report a case of an endemic giant goiter, treated during a humanitarian mission. A 50-year-old female with no particular history presented during a humanitarian mission with a g...

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Autores principales: Lame, Cheikh Ahmédou, Atila, Mehmet, Dembele, Bertin, Obeng, Michael K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Otolaryngology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10285428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37362472
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39365
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author Lame, Cheikh Ahmédou
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Obeng, Michael K
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description Giant goiters are still encountered in low-income countries where diagnosis and management remain challenging. The authors report a case of an endemic giant goiter, treated during a humanitarian mission. A 50-year-old female with no particular history presented during a humanitarian mission with a giant nontoxic goiter evolving for 30 years. She underwent a total thyroidectomy removing a 3 kg thyroid gland. The postoperative period was uneventful. Giant goiters are not exceptional in goiter-endemic areas. Diagnostic and surgical management do not require particular technology. Surgery remains feasible even in countries with limited resources.
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spelling pubmed-102854282023-06-23 Management of a Long-Standing Huge Goiter During a Humanitarian Mission: A Case Report Lame, Cheikh Ahmédou Atila, Mehmet Dembele, Bertin Obeng, Michael K Cureus Otolaryngology Giant goiters are still encountered in low-income countries where diagnosis and management remain challenging. The authors report a case of an endemic giant goiter, treated during a humanitarian mission. A 50-year-old female with no particular history presented during a humanitarian mission with a giant nontoxic goiter evolving for 30 years. She underwent a total thyroidectomy removing a 3 kg thyroid gland. The postoperative period was uneventful. Giant goiters are not exceptional in goiter-endemic areas. Diagnostic and surgical management do not require particular technology. Surgery remains feasible even in countries with limited resources. Cureus 2023-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10285428/ /pubmed/37362472 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39365 Text en Copyright © 2023, Lame et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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