Furthermore, retrosternal goiter with mediastinal growth can cause displacement and/or compression of large intrathoracic vessels, resulting in superior vena cava syndrome (in 43 [22%] of 196 ...

Intrathoracic goiter can be primary or secondary. Surgical therapy depends on the size and location of the tumor mass. While traditional approaches involve sternotomy or thoracotomy for extracervical ...

In the other patients histopathology or reducing of mass after radioiodine therapy confirmed the diagnosis. Altogether 99m Tc SPECT/CT had 100 % sensitivity and specificity. Conclusions 99m Tc ...

We report the case of a 88-year-old woman who presented with acute shortness of breath and stridor. A chest CT revealed marked enlargement of the thyroid gland, with an extensive intrathoracic ...