title: [Intrathoracic goiter with differential diagnostic difficulties].
abstract: Intrathoracic goiter represents an important differential diagnosis in the examination of lung tumours. A 71-year-old healthy woman presented with dyspnoea, stridor and an inhomogeneous tumour compressing the upper part of the right lung at the level of the left atrium. Computed tomography showed bilateral pleural effusions and a pericardial effusion. Thyroid scintigraphy demonstrated no uptake in the pulmonary mass and material from two sets of core-needle biopsies were inconclusive. Surgery with histology revealed a degenerated benign intrathoracic goiter.
authors.affiliation: Lungemedicinsk Afdeling Y, Gentofte Hospital, DK-2900 Hellerup. nina.bjarnason@adslhome.dk
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scherer
authors.forename: Dunia Gazi
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Abd-Elrahmane
authors.forename: René Horsleben
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: Nina Hannover
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Bjarnason
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis