title: Thoracoscopic resection of an ectopic intrathoracic goiter.
abstract: We report a case of an ectopic intrathoracic goiter in a 79-year-old human. This uncommon finding presented as a symptomatic paratracheal mass that was resected using thoracoscopic techniques without complication.
authors.affiliation: The Mark Ravitch/Leon C. Hirsch Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Grondin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buenaventura
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Luketich
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed