title: Substernal goiter versus intrathoracic aberrant thyroid: a critical difference.
abstract: A substernal goiter may descend into the thorax. However, a truly aberrant intrathoracic thyroid represents a rare and anatomically different entity that requires appropriate modifications in approach and surgical technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Francis Scott Key Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21205.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caslowitz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Popper
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013961:Thyroid Gland