title: Posterior mediastinal goiter.
abstract: Most mediastinal goiters are retrosternally situated in the anterior mediastinal compartment. Posterior mediastinal goiters, either retrotracheal or retroesophageal, are rare. We herein describe a case involving a retrotracheal goiter in the right posterior mediastinum, which was excised using a combined cervico-partial sternotomy and right thoracotomy approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore. wongps@nuh.com.sg
authors.forename: Chee-Fui
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: Wei-Keat
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Cheah
authors.forename: Fai-Lam
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Sin
authors.forename: Poo-Sing
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome