title: Intrathymic primary intrathoracic goiter in a patient with breast malignancy.
abstract: We report a rare case of an intrathymic primary intrathoracic goiter. The patient with newly diagnosed breast carcinoma was also known to have a distinct large anterior mediastinal mass. This was removed via a median sternotomy, after a thorascopic biopsy had been performed in the past but a diagnosis had not been reached. A discussion relating to the extremely rare occurrence of intrathymic ectopic thyroid tissue and the surgical treatment of primary intrathoracic goiters is included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Barker
authors.forename: Charles R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Daultrey
authors.forename: Simon E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Trotter
authors.forename: Maninder
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalkat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000150:complications; D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008408:Mastectomy; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000150:complications*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis / Q000209:etiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications