Aberrant retrotracheal goiter: report of a case.
A case of intrathoracic retrotracheal goiter in a 40-year-old woman is herein described. A computed tomographic scan, magnetic resonance imaging and endoscopical ultrasonography all confirmed the existence of a retrotracheal encapsulated lesion, which was suspected to be aberrant mediastinal goiter. Radioiodine scintigraphy, however, demonstrated little uptake in the mass. A large (7 x 6 x 4 cm), encapsulated adenomatous goiter was then easily removed via a right thoracic approach.
Haniuda
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Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
Morimoto
M
M
Kobayashi
O
O
Nishimura
H
H
Yamanda
T
T
Ali
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K
Koike
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S
Iida
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F
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea; D014463:Ultrasonography