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Management of intrathoracic goitre.
an intrathoracic goitre is a thyroid gland with more than 50% of its mass located below the thoracic inlet. This term can be further classified as an “incomplete” or a “complete” intrathoracic goitre. When the goitre is “incomplete,” a major portion of the goitre on the neck is visible, with its lower pole being substernal, subclavicular or intrathoracic. Conversely, a “complete” or “true” intr...
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A PATIENT was found to have a mediastin-al inass on a routine chest x-ray. The inat-Lne of the lesion, anl intrathoracic. goiter, was determined only after several diagnostie procedures. In r etrospect, the correct diagnosis could have been made during the initial physical examiniationi by mleanis of the Valsalva mnaneuver. A seconid patienit was reeelntly seeni with a sinmilar lesion. The Vals...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1932
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.8.81.254