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Substernal goiter: A clinical review
American Journal of Otolaryngology, 1994Thyroid disease is a very common problem, but indications for surgery are few. We have seen a large number of patients with multinodular goiter. The main indications for surgery in thyroid disease include fear of malignancy, tracheo-esophageal compression, and cosmetic reasons.
B, Singh, F E, Lucente, A R, Shaha
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Operative treatment of substernal goiters
Head & Neck, 1989AbstractThis report describes the operative experience in 72 patients with substernal goiters treated over the past 5.5 years. Even though the incidence of multinodular goiter has decreased in the United States due to the routine use of iodized salt, we continue to see a large number of patients with massive goiters, predominantly from Carribean ...
A R, Shaha, A E, Alfonso, B M, Jaffe
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Management of Patients with Substernal Goiters
Surgical Clinics of North America, 1995The presence of a substernal goiter is an indication for thyroidectomy, even in asymptomatic patients, because there is no other effective method of preventing growth of the goiter. Both primary and secondary substernal goiters usually exhibit slow but steady growth, which leads to tracheal, esophageal, vascular, and neurologic compression syndromes ...
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A case report of substernal goiter. [PDF]
Hiroshima journal of medical sciences, 1994 A case of substernal goiter is reported. A 78-year-old female was admitted to our hospital with no symptoms. Chest roentgenography on admission showed that a mass of 3 by 5 cm in size with calcification located in the substernal region. Computed tomography of the chest and aortography revealed that the mass was attached to the trachea, but the ...
Kochi, Kazuhiro +8 more
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Le Journal medical libanais. The Lebanese medical journal, 1991
In a series of 363 patients operated for goiter, 60 were retrosternal (16.5%). The female incidence although less than in cervical goiters remains predominant (2,5:1). Most patients are in older age group, 68% being above 40 years. The majority of goiters are multinodular and of long duration.
R, Daou, E, Hajjar, J, Rahal
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In a series of 363 patients operated for goiter, 60 were retrosternal (16.5%). The female incidence although less than in cervical goiters remains predominant (2,5:1). Most patients are in older age group, 68% being above 40 years. The majority of goiters are multinodular and of long duration.
R, Daou, E, Hajjar, J, Rahal
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Chirurgie; memoires de l'Academie de chirurgie, 1992
In a series of 363 patients operated for goiter, 60 were retrosternal (16.5%). The female incidence although less than in cervical goiters remains predominant (2.5:1). Most patients are in older age group, 68% being above 40 years. The majority of goiters are multinodular and of long duration.
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In a series of 363 patients operated for goiter, 60 were retrosternal (16.5%). The female incidence although less than in cervical goiters remains predominant (2.5:1). Most patients are in older age group, 68% being above 40 years. The majority of goiters are multinodular and of long duration.
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Surgical treatment of substernal goiters.
International surgery, 1991Fifty-one patients (4.6%) underwent resection of a substernal goiter in a fifteen-year period during the course of 1103 thyroidectomies. Forty-eight (94.2%) goiters were benign and three (5.8%) malignant. Mean age was 55 years. Female:male ratio was 2:1. Four patients (7.8%) had undergone prior thyroid surgery.
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Sequestered substernal goiter.
Archives of internal medicine, 1984A young woman with a normally located and only subtly nodular thyroid gland in the neck was found to have a clinically distinct and radioisotopically "cold" anterior mediastinal mass, which proved to be a benign colloid adenoma. While this constellation of findings usually suggests the presence of a nonthyroidal neoplasm, eg, lymphoma, thymoma, or ...
P W, Ladenson +3 more
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Airway Management in Substernal Goiter Surgery
Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, 2022Nitin Pagedar +2 more
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