A 35-year-old pregnant woman visited our department and had been treated with 100 µg of daily oral levothyroxine for hypothyroidism. An ultrasonography screening was performed at 25 weeks gestation and revealed a fetal goiter and an increased amniotic fluid volume. Fetal hypothyroidism was confirmed by cordocentesis and amniotic hormone levels at 26 weeks gestation. We treated the mother with 2...

Background: Thyroid masses are common, especially in areas of iodine deficiency. Mediastinal goiter is defined by the presence of enlarged thyroid tissue below the level of the thoracic inlet. This study aimed to evaluate the presentation, diagnosis, treatment, histopathological findings and complications of patients with mediastinal goiter or masses. Materials and Methods: This was a descripti...

introduction: doing chest x ray (cxr) for all trauma patients is not efficient and cost effective due to its low diagnostic value. the present study was designed aiming to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of thoracic injury rule out criteria (tirc) in prediction of traumatic intra-thoracic injuries and need for cxr.  method: the present study is a prospective cross-sectional study that has been...

BACKGROUND A thyroidectomy can be performed via a cervical incision in most patients with retrosternal goiter. AIMS To investigate the correlation between the volume of the mediastinal portion of the thyroid gland and the need for an extra-cervical approach for retrosternal goiter. STUDY DESIGN Diagnostic accuracy study. METHODS The measurement of craniocaudal length and the volume of the...

Objective: This study aimed to summarize the experience in diagnosis and surgical treatment for giant goiter. Methods: The clinical features of 66 patients with giant goiter were retrospectively reviewed, and the perioperative management, postoperative complications and treatments were summarized. Results: All the patients received surgical treatment: total thyroidectomy in 46 patients, bilater...

Terms such as retrosternal, substernal, and intrathoracic have been used to define an extension of >50% the thyroid gland beyond thoracic inlet. The reported incidence retrosternal goiters is highly variable, ranging from 1% 45% thyroidectomies in studies with different defining criteria. Forgotten goiter lacks any parenchymatous or vascular connection cervical may represent remnants a partiall...

UNLABELLED The term of retrosternal or substernal goiter means that more than 50% of thyroid gland descends in the thorax. MATERIAL AND METHODS There is a retrospective study on retrosternal and substernal goiter and its patological features among 2482 patients who underwent thyroidectomy between 2000 and 2010 in the First Surgery Clinic of Iaşi. Retrosternal goiter was identified 54 patients...

OBJECTIVE MR imaging and sonography are considered to be among the most reliable methods available for estimating goiter volume. Our aim was to assess the observer variability of MR imaging for estimating the volume of a large multinodular goiter and the dimensions of the related trachea. Additionally, we compared the goiter volume estimates from MR imaging with those from sonography. SUBJECT...