title: Aberrant retrotracheal goiter: report of a case.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Haniuda
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Morimoto
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Kobayashi
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Nishimura
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Yamanda
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Ali
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Koike
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Iida
mesh_terms: 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