Abstract

FERNANDEZ HIDALGO, Elisy; ZALDIVAR RAMIREZ, Daimara  and  GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Félix. Endothoracic goiter. ccm [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.1, pp. 319-326. ISSN 1560-4381.

A 64-year-old male patient with a history of hypertension and iodine allergy, treated with enalapril, who came to  the Internal Medicine Consultation of Máximo Gómez Báez Polyclinic in Holguín in January 2016 due to decay, easy fatigue, frequent dry cough, Palpitations, dysphagia and voice changes (hoarseness), a condition that began about two months ago, and increased in intensity without other complications. Laboratory studies were performed for preoperative assessment, in addition to studies of thyroid function, chest X-rays (anteroposterior and lateral view), chest x-ray, thyroid ultrasound, and fine needle aspiration biopsy at Lucía Íñiguez Clinical l Surgical Hospital of Holguín. An endothoracic goiter was found and surgical treatment consisted of right hemithyroidectomy. The transoperative and the postoperative period passed without complications, and the anatomopathological report revealed the presence of an adenomatous coloid goiter.

Keywords : endothoracic goiter; hemithyroidectomy; surgical treatment; adenomatous coloid goitre.

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