[Intrathoracic retrotracheal goiter: excision through a cervical approach].
A case of retrotracheal goiter in the posterior mediastinum in a 53 year-old woman revealed by dyspnea is here described. A computed tomographic scan and magnetic resonance imaging specified the his extension from the lower flap of the thyroid, and its relationships in the mediastinum. It was removed through a cervicotomy only.
Service de Chirurgie Digestive et Endocrinienne, Centre Hospitalier de Belfort.
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Salame
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Winiszewski
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Rossier
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Picard
D005260:Female; D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology
Goitre endothoracique rétrotrachéal: exérèse par voie cervicale.