thoracic goitre is very rare. Lahey in 1945 defined intra-thoracic goitre as those in which the greatest diameter of the intra-thoracic mass is below the upper aperture of the thoracic cage, and in which spontaneous reduction into the neck does not occur. Hoffman (1955) considered the incidence of true intra-thoracic goitre to be in the order of 0.2-3% of patients with thyroid enlargement. If w...

THE history of goitre in Central and West Africa is obscure. Greenwald1 thinks that for many regions 'such as Nigeria, most of the Congo, and parts of East Africa the evidence is equally convincing that goiter is of recent occurrence. . .'. This may not be so. It may have been common from an early period even though references to it are few. In the far north, in the Rif country of Morocco, goit...

BACKGROUND The reported incidence rate of occult thyroid carcinoma in patients operated for benign thyroid pathology has been much higher than expected in the last years,especially for multinodular goitre, which raises the question about which should the proper surgical management for these cases be. AIM To assess the incidence rate of OTC in a single medium volume surgical center and to esta...

Une femme de 72 ans habitant la compagne, suivie pour une hypertension artérielle, ayant comme antécédents des goitres bénins dans la famille. Elle consulte aux urgences pour une aggravation de sa dyspnée même au repos et une dysphagie haute aux solides. L’examen clinique trouve un goitre géant occupant toute la face antérieure surtout à gauche. La nasofibroscopie objective une mobilité normale...

A woman who had taken oxyphenbutazone for 4 years because of back pain presented with goitre and hypothyroidism. This was shown to be due to an organification defect, caused or aggravated by oxyphenbutazone.