Document Type
Article
Department
Surgery; Cardiothoracic Surgery
Abstract
Forgotten goiter is a rare occurrence (2 - 16% of retrosternal thyroid cases) that depicts recurrence of retrosternal thyroid mass due to growth of remnant thyroid tissue overlooked during an initial thyroidectomy. The patient is a 59-year female who presented with dyspnea and stridor 25 years after total thyroidectomy. She was diagnosed as having a mediastinal mass on radiographic imaging. There were only localized pressure symptoms due to mass effect. The mass was excised employing an extra-cervical approach and using a partial sternotomy. The profuse extension of thyroid tissue, adherent to vital structures in the thorax and the extra-cervical thyroidectomy was a novel experience. The mass was completely excised and the patient's symptoms alleviated after the surgery. The patient recovered without any complications and there was no recurrence at 1 year of follow-up.
Publication ( Name of Journal)
JCPSP: Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
Recommended Citation
Khan, F. W.,
Muhammad, A.,
Abbas, M.,
Mahmood, S.,
Fatima, B.,
Fatimi, S.
(2016). Delayed presentation of forgotten thyroid goiter - 25 years after thyroidectomy. JCPSP: Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 26(10), 858-860.
Available at:
https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_surg_cardiothoracic/49