title: A case of mediastinal goiter.
abstract: A case of mediastinal goiter in a 51-year-old female is reported. She demonstrated an abnormal shadow on chest X-ray but there were no clinical symptoms. Tumors were recognized in the isthmus of the thyroid and mediastinum on CT scan and MRI. These two tumors were resected via standard neck skin incision and sternotomy. At surgery, we found no communication between the two tumors. Following Rives' classification, the mediastinal tumor in this case was diagnosed as aberrant mediastinal goiter. Pathological diagnoses of both tumors were adenomatous goiter.
authors.affiliation: Saiseikai Suita Hospital, Kawazono, Suita, Osaka 564-0013, Japan. auait300@wombat.zaq.ne.jp
authors.forename: Michiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: Kanako
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Katsuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed