Hoarseness of voice, respiratory distress and dysphagia due to giant primary posterior mediastinal ectopic goitre: a rare clinical entity.
Primary posterior mediastinal ectopic goitre is an extremely rare entity; we report a case of a 28-year-old man who presented with dysphagia, respiratory distress and hoarseness of voice, gradually worsening over a period of 3 months. CT scan of the thorax revealed a giant posterior mediastinal ectopic goitre. The mass was removed through a right posterolateral thoracotomy. The patient's symptoms, respiratory distress and dysphagia disappeared immediately after surgery while his voice gradually returned to normal after 6 weeks.
Department of Chest Surgery, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Ikram Ulhaq
IU
Chaudhry
Division of Thoracic Surgery, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Ahsan Iqbal
AI
Cheema
Division of Thoracic Surgery, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Zahra
Z
AlShamasi
Division of Thoracic Surgery, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Hadi
H
Mutairi
D000328:Adult; D065426:Cytoreduction Surgical Procedures; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006042:Goiter / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology*; D013908:Thoracotomy; D050033:Thyroid Dysgenesis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014831:Voice