LARGE CERVICO-MEDIASTINAL GOITRE: A RARE CASE REPORT
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 13
Abstract
Goitre is enlargement of thyroid gland due to various causes, most of them are benign. [1] A retrosternal goitre is a multinodular goitre with lower border is extending down behind manubrium sterni into superior mediastinum. [2] A true intra thoracic goitre is a goitre arising from ectopic thyroid tissue, which is rare and may present in any one of the mediastinum (superior, anterior and posterior in that order). [3,4] More commonly, a mediastinal goitre is the resultant of extension of cervical goitre down into thorax, where there is enough space to enlarge unlike in the neck, presenting with atypical symptoms. [3,4,5] We report one case of cevicomediastinal large goitre in a young female and the surgical management with few references.
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Jakkula Kishore, Anuradha J, Srinivas P. S
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- DOI 10.18410/jebmh/2015/292
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