Complete excision of a giant thyroid goiter in posterior mediastinum
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Intrathoracic goiter is commonly located in the anterior mediastinum. Here we report a case of a 58-year-old Chinese male in whom we successfully removed the intrathoracic goiter and eased his dyspnea by a right posterolateral thoracotomy approach. Posterior mediastinal thyroid goiter with mediastinal compressive symptoms is an indication of surgery.
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Report of a rare case of anterior mediastinum goiter
Tabatabai SA1, Hashemi SM2, Ahmadinejad M3 1. Associate Professor, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Esfahan University of Medical Sciences, Al –Zahra Hospital 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Thoracic surgery, Esfahan University of Medical Sciences, Al –Zahra Hospital 3. Assistant Professor, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, and Resident of Thoracic Surgery, Esfahan University of Me...
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