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 ...

"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...

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 ...

BACKGROUND The definition of substernal goiter is not uniform and varies among authors. We can define substernal--or retrosternal-goiter a thyroid formation with cervical departure that goes beyond the superior thoracic strait for at least 3 cm and that preserves, generally, the connections between the cervical and thoracic portion, maintaining a direct vascularization supplied by the thyroid a...

Background An intrathoracic goiter (ITG) is defined as a thyroid extension below the sternal notch. Compared to cervical goiters, surgery for ITG more challenging, with higher risk of an extracervical approach. Ultrasound (US)-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) minimally invasive treatment modality. The purpose this study was prospectively evaluate safety and efficacy RFA in patients ITG.Meth...

Introduction: Indications for thoracotomy or sternotomy are very rare or exceptional in surgery plunging goiter. Through our experience about 10 patients we wanted to discuss the difficulty in choosing the surgical approach to this rare condition. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective descriptive study covering the period January 2009 to June 2016, in the thoracic surgery department in...

Multiple thyroid ectopia with a normally located thyroid gland is a very rare condition. We present a 34-year old Nigerian woman who had had anterior and left-sided lateral neck swellings for the past 15 years. She was clinically euthyroid and thyroid function test results were normal. Neck ultrasonography revealed multinodular goiter with extension to the left pre-auricular area. Fine Needle A...

INTRODUCTION A rapidly enlarging mass of the anterior compartment of the neck with compressive symptoms may represent, among other diagnosis, a neoplasm of the thyroid gland. PRESENTATION OF CASE We describe the case of a 59-year-old woman referred to the endocrine surgical unit because of compressive cervical symptoms for 3 months. The cervical ultrasound revealed a sub-sternal goiter with h...

Introduction: Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) is one of the most complex and potentially devastating complications following median sternotomy in cardiac surgery. Despite many advances in prevention, it still remains significant and ranges between 0.5% and 6.8%. We aim to study the role of vancomycin paste applied locally over sternal edges in reducing DSWI.Materials and Methods...