Large mediastinal mass of heterotopic thyroid tissue: a case report and review of literature
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2005 Salvatore. Incidental detection of a mediastinal mass in a asymptomatic patient poses a not easy diagnostic problem. For solid masses or cysts, histology or cytology is often necessary.
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Le goitre plongeant à Tlemcen dans l’ouest algérien: aspect clinique et thérapeutique de 1996-2014 [PDF]
, 2015 La définition du goitre plongeant, la plus couramment employée, est tout goitre ne siégeant pas dans la région cervicale en position opératoire. Le but d'évaluer sa prise en charge, en insistant plus particulièrement sur les examens préopératoires, les ...
Abi-Ayad, Chakib +4 more
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Diagnostic, therapeutic and health-care management protocol in thyroid surgery: a position statement of the Italian Association of Endocrine Surgery Units (U.E.C. CLUB) [PDF]
, 2016 PURPOSE: The diagnostic, therapeutic and health-care management protocol (Protocollo Gestionale Diagnostico-Terapeutico-Assistenziale, PDTA) by the Association of the Italian Endocrine Surgery Units (U.E.C.
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A case of mediastinal goiter treated surgically using a clavicle-lifting technique [PDF]
, 2015 IntroductionMediastinal goiter is a benign disease, which is defined as a goiter with the greater portion of its mass lying below the thoracic inlet.
Ito, Eisaku +4 more
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Novel thoracoscopic approach to posterior mediastinal goiters: report of two cases [PDF]
, 2008 Trans-cervical resection of posterior mediastinal goiters is usually very difficult, requiring a high thoracotomy. Until recently, using conventional video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery to resect such tumors has been technically difficult and unsafe. By
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Localized Advanced Hürthle Cell Carcinoma with Symptomatic Intrathoracic Goiter [PDF]
, 2011 Intrathoracic goiters are divided into two categories: primary and secondary. Intrathoracic goiters (IG) can cause upper airway obstruction. The presence of obstructive symptoms secondary to increased thyroid growth and tracheal compression is major ...
Ahmed, Kabir +5 more
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Thyroid Embryonic Anomalies Involving the Medial and Lateral Anlagen: Two Surgical Case Reports
Case Reports in Surgery, 2019 Introduction. An ectopic anomalous accessory thyroid is extremely rare. We present two related case reports. Case. A 43-year-old morbidly obese female presented with a palpable left thyroid mass. Initial impression after preoperative workup was a diffuse
Ferdinand Rico, John Lung
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Alliric Willis Leads Study Exploring Demographics, Disparities and Outcomes in Substernal Goiters [PDF]
, 2016 Lack of iodine makes goiters— enlargement of the thyroid gland in the neck—common in some parts of the world. In the United States, salt is enriched with iodine, so the condition is far less common.
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Double probe intraoperative neuromonitoring with a standardized method in thyroid surgery [PDF]
, 2014 IntroductionThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) and the vagus nerve (VN) with a standardized approach in thyroid surgery.MethodsRetrospective study ...
De Falco, Massimo +4 more
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, 2016 While the Department of Surgery is renowned for operating on people, Velvet Cain specializes in another type of “surgery”: analyzing and managing complex numbers.
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