["Forgotten" goiter: clinical case and review of the literature].
"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.
Casadei
Riccardo
R
Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche ed Anestesiologiche, I Clinica Chirurgica Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna.
Perenze
Barbara
B
Calculli
Lucia
L
Minni
Francesco
F
Conti
Andrea
A
Marrano
Domenico
D
D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum; D008875:Middle Aged; D013965:Thyroidectomy