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Posterior mediastinal goiters: Report of two cases and literature review

Intrathoracic goiters represent substantial enlargement and descent of cervical thyroid tissue into the thoracic cavity, usually in the anterior mediastinum. Rarely, they extend posteriorly, causing obstructive symptoms, sometimes with acute onset. Posterior mediastinal goiters should be differentia...

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Autores principales: Samokhvalov, Alexander, Loberant, Norman, Makhoul, Nicola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3920355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26057910
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmedc.2011.08.001
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description Intrathoracic goiters represent substantial enlargement and descent of cervical thyroid tissue into the thoracic cavity, usually in the anterior mediastinum. Rarely, they extend posteriorly, causing obstructive symptoms, sometimes with acute onset. Posterior mediastinal goiters should be differentiated from other mediastinal masses by appropriate work-up, while computed tomography is the most valuable technique. We report two cases of such symptomatic goiters. First reported case was atypically presented with aspiration pneumonia and second was successfully operated. Our overview aims to increase awareness of this rare clinical entity due to possible respiratory compromise. Reasonable surgical management is mandatory.
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spelling pubmed-39203552014-10-15 Posterior mediastinal goiters: Report of two cases and literature review Samokhvalov, Alexander Loberant, Norman Makhoul, Nicola Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Intrathoracic goiters represent substantial enlargement and descent of cervical thyroid tissue into the thoracic cavity, usually in the anterior mediastinum. Rarely, they extend posteriorly, causing obstructive symptoms, sometimes with acute onset. Posterior mediastinal goiters should be differentiated from other mediastinal masses by appropriate work-up, while computed tomography is the most valuable technique. We report two cases of such symptomatic goiters. First reported case was atypically presented with aspiration pneumonia and second was successfully operated. Our overview aims to increase awareness of this rare clinical entity due to possible respiratory compromise. Reasonable surgical management is mandatory. Elsevier 2011-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3920355/ /pubmed/26057910 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmedc.2011.08.001 Text en © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3920355/
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