title: Primary intrathoracic goiter -a rare mediastinal tumor.
abstract: Primary intrathoracic goiter is a rare presentation of thyroid disease. Its removal usually necessitates thoracotomy or sternotomy. This patient having a primary intrathoracic goiter presented with posterior mediastinal mass that was removed through a right lateral thoracotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi. amc_002@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Abdul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Majid
authors.forename: Mohammad Rashid
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Hasnain
authors.forename: Mohammad Qasim
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Butt
authors.forename: Asad Mehmud
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Malik
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed