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FUENTES VALDES, Edelberto; CORONA MANCEBO, Sixto B  y  MARTIN GONZALEZ, Miguel A. Retrotracheal goiter: a case presentation. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2007, vol.46, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-2945.

Patients with posterior mediastinal goiter should be subjected to surgical resection because of the possibility of affecting neibouring organs or developing malignacy. This paper presented the case of a patient that had been previously operated from a goiter with possible endothoracic prolongation but continued suffering tracheal compression. After a second failed transternal surgery, he was refered to our service with ischemic tracheal stenosis. The preoperative study showed a 10cm retrotracheal tumoral mass that pressed and distorted the trachea. He also had sternal osteomyelitis. Then, he underwent right thoracotomy and roughly 95% of the mass was removed. The post-surgical radiopharmacological study did not reveal isotope uptake in the mediastinum. Surgery indications and the ways of approach used in this case were considered. At the time of preparing this manuscript (6 months after surgery), the patient was in good condition and just waiting for definitive treatment of his ischemic tracheal stenosis

Palabras clave : retrotracheal goiter; ischemic tracheal stenosis.

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