title: Retrotracheal goiter.
abstract: Retrotracheal extension of a goiter, though rare usually causes respiratory compromise, dysphagia or vascular obstruction. We have described an asymptomatic patient with a large retrotracheal goiter resected via a collar incision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Alosco
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea