title: ["Forgotten" goiter: clinical case and review of the literature].
abstract: "Forgotten" goitre is an extremely rare disease. It is a mediastinic thyroid mass found after total thyroidectomy. In this paper we report a case of "forgotten" goitre and review the various diagnostic and therapeutic problems posed by the condition. A number of possible solutions that can be implemented for this disease are identified.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche ed Anestesiologiche, I Clinica Chirurgica Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna.
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Casadei
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Perenze
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Calculli
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Minni
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marrano
mesh_terms: D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum; D008875:Middle Aged; D013965:Thyroidectomy