thyroid tissue located within the upper airway has received only sparse attention in the english literature. aberrant benign thyroid masses may present as either an unrelated autopsy finding or with symptoms such as dyspnea, hemoptysis or adult -onset asthma. there is no place for medical management in the therapy of these lesions, although the appropriate surgical procedure is not clearly esta...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate whether urinary iodine concentration (UIC) can predict goiter among school-age children, and to assess the association between UIC and goiter prevalence. METHODS We searched the MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews), Web of Science, CNKI, VIP, and Wan Fang databases for relevant reports in both English and Chinese up to August 25, 2...

introduction: intra-thoracic goiter refers to the extension of enlarged thyroid tissue into the thoracic inlet. this condition can produce symptoms of compression on adjacent organs and can sometimes be accompanied by malignant transformation. therefore surgical treatment is almost always necessary. in order to remove the pathology with the fewest post-operative complications, selection of the ...

o bstruction of the superior vena cava produces a dramatic syndrome consisting of edema and plethora of the face, neck, and arms, engorgement of the veins in the neck, and the appearance of dilated, tortuous, superficial collateral veins on the arms, neck, and upper torso.’ The patient may also suffer from dyspnea and disturbance of the sensorium, both often worse in the recumbent position, and...

Disruption of cervical esophagogastric anastomosis after retrosternal stomach transposition remains a dangerous complication. We report a case of cervical gastric disruption after retrosternal gastric transposition in a 36-year-old man that required sternotomy for reanastomosis. After sternotomy, gastric mobilization was possible, in order to gain sufficient length for a new cervical esophagoga...

Introduction: Retrosternal goitres require surgical removal due to compressive symptoms as well risk of malignancy. In a majority, the retrosternal part can be removed through neck incision, while 5-10% requiring sternotomy. An alternative sternotomy is thoracoscopy, which associated with reduced morbidity. Methods: The approach used resect goiters in our unit over period two years was evaluate...

"Forgotten" goiter is an extremely rare disease which is defined as a mediastinal thyroid mass found after total thyroidectomy. The authors report their experience of 7 cases of residual mediastinal goiter after total thyroidectomy for substernal goiter. Six patients were female and one male with a median age of 56 years (range: 25-70 years). Four patients were asymptomatic, 2 patients showed s...

Ultrasound evaluation of the thyroid gland is relatively easy in most cases with excellent visualization of the gland with linear transducer allowing clear characterization of lesions as well as guidance for biopsy. However when retrosternal thyroid tissue extension is present, evaluation may be difficult. We report the simple use of widely available transvaginal probe in helping to visualize a...

Thyroid diseases in children and adolescents are not common. The present paper describes 73 patients, aged 5 to 18 years, who had thyroid disease which was treated by surgery. Of these, 18 had diffuse simple goiter, 11 had diffuse toxic goiter and 44 had nodular goiter. Of those patients with nodular goiter, 34 had adenomatous goiter, one had lymphocytic thyroiditis, one had lymphosarcoma and e...