title: Pendred syndrome with retrosternal goitre- a rare case report.
abstract: Pendred syndrome is a recessively inherited disorder characterized by goiter associated with sensory-neural deafness. The thyroid glands of affected individuals cannot organify iodide efficiently due to a defective gene in chromosome 7. Here we report a case of Pendred syndrome with retrosternal goitre.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, JN Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sreekar
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, JN Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Uppin
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, JN Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: Santosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, JN Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: Amol
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mutkekar
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, JN Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tejus
keywords: Pendred syndrome; Retrosternal goiter; Sensorineural deafness