Giant Recurrent Substernal Goiter Causing Severe Compression of Mediastinal Vessels 25 Years After Total Thyroidectomy: A Case Report [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsRecurrent substernal goiter can develop decades after total thyroidectomy due to microscopic residual tissue. It must be considered in the differential diagnosis of giant mediastinal masses.
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Substernal goiter and laryngopharyngeal reflux [PDF]
Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2017 Objective This study aims to compare the prevalence of laryngopharyngeal reflux signs between two groups of patients undergoing thyroidectomy for voluminous goiter: substernal goiters and voluminous cervical goiter without thoracic extension.
Mariana Gonçalves Rodrigues +12 more
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Substernal Thyroid Masses [PDF]
Oman Medical Journal, 2010 A thyroid mass, most often a non toxic colloid goiter or occasionally an adenoma, is not an unusual finding below the level of the thoracic inlet.1 In 1992 Creswell and Wells estimated that these tumors comprise 5.8% of all mediastinal lesions.1 There is
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Medicina, 2021 Introduction: Substernal goiter is usually defined as a goiter that extends below the thoracic inlet or a goiter with more than 50% of its mass lying below the thoracic inlet.
Charilaos Koulouris +13 more
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Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy for Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias in a Child with Congenital Long QT Syndrome: A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Cardiovascular Development and DiseaseBackground/Objectives: Children with congenital long QT syndrome (cLQTS) are at extremely high risk of torsades de pointes (TdP) and sudden cardiac death (SCD). Although the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is a cornerstone in SCD prevention,
Xiaodong Sun +5 more
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Surgical Approach to the Substernal Goiter
Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2019 Surgery for substernal goiters can be technically demanding. Extensive mediastinal extension brings the thyroid gland into close quarters with vital intrathoracic structures. Proper preoperative planning is required to determine the potential need for an extracervical approach.
James X Wu
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Technical review by the Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology and the Brazilian Society of Head and Neck Surgery on hierarchical coding in thyroid surgery [PDF]
Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de CirurgiõesThe Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology and the Brazilian Society of Head and Neck Surgery developed a technical consensus on hierarchical coding in thyroid surgery, considering the role of the Brazilian Hierarchical Classification of Medical ...
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Diving retrosternal goiter and the dilemma of sternotomy: indications, predictors and surgical considerations [PDF]
Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryA goiter is defined as an enlargement of the thyroid gland, typically resulting in a doubling in size or a weight exceeding 40 g. It affects approximately 5% of the global population. Diving, or substernal, goiters occur when more than 50% of the thyroid
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Laparoscopic, Endoscopic and Robotic Surgery, 2023 Approximately 25% of goiters extend to the substernal area, and most of them can be removed through a cervical incision. Goiters that extend into the posterior mediastinum are very rare, and resection usually requires thoracotomy.
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Preoperative Evaluation of Substernal Goiter by Computed Tomography in the Extended Neck Position
Case Reports in Oncology, 2021 Sternotomy is indicated when a goiter cannot be resected via a cervical incision, such as in the case of a substernal goiter extending beyond the aortic arch.
Teruhisa Yano +4 more
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