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Case Reports
. 2013 Nov 7:8:207.
doi: 10.1186/1749-8090-8-207.

Complete excision of a giant thyroid goiter in posterior mediastinum

Xin Chen, Hongfei Xu, Yiming Ni, Ke Sun, Weidong Li  1
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Case Reports

Complete excision of a giant thyroid goiter in posterior mediastinum

Xin Chen et al. J Cardiothorac Surg. .

Abstract

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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Figure 1
CT scanning and complete excision of giant thyroid goiter in posterior mediastinum. (A) Enhanced CT scanning reveals the right thyroid lobe (in red arrow) with a small cyst and a giant goiter (in blue arrow) in low density is on the back of the right lobe. (B) CT clavicle cross section reveals the giant goiter was located in the posterior mediastinum, compressing the trachea and esophagus. (C) CT of the chest reveals the goiter is well beyond the aortic arch and compressing the superior vena cava. (D) CT of the chest reveals the lower edge of the goiter reachs the carina of trachea. (E) The tumor is in a complete capsule with large tension, 10.0 × 9.0 × 9.0 cm in size.
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