منابع مشابه
Surgical management of substernal goiter.
Seventeen cases of large substernal goiter are reviewed. The commonest clinical features were frequent upper respiratory tract infections, dyspnea and a cervical mass. Five of the patients had previous thyroidectomy. The substernal goiter was located in the right chest in 11 cases, the left chest in five and bilaterally in one case. On computed tomograms it was pretracheal or prevascular in ten...
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A case of substernal goiter is reported. A 78-year-old female was admitted to our hospital with no symptoms. Chest roentgenography on admission showed that a mass of 3 by 5 cm in size with calcification located in the substernal region. Computed tomography of the chest and aortography revealed that the mass was attached to the trachea, but the connection to the great vessels was not clear. Path...
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OBJECTIVE This study aims to compare the prevalence of laryngopharyngeal reflux signs between two groups of patients undergoing thyroidectomy for voluminous goiter: substernal goiters and voluminous cervical goiter without thoracic extension. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A retrospective case-control study was performed with data retrieved of the charts of the patients submitted to thyroidectomies occ...
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Substernal goiters can have a range of presentations and pathology from a complete lack of symptoms to minimal biochemical abnormalities to potentially lethal physical derangements due to tracheal compression. We review a case of a substernal goiter with severe tracheal compression and airway compromise and describe the presentation, diagnosis, operative treatment, perianesthetic management and...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Formosan Journal of Surgery
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1682-606X
DOI: 10.1016/j.fjs.2012.02.001