Abstract

HERNANDEZ TORRES, Leonel; SARDINAS PONCE, Raysy  and  GUERRA LEAL, Obel Alcides. Unusual endothoracic goiter after six year of total post-thyroidectomy. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2017, vol.56, n.2, pp.95-99. ISSN 0034-7493.

Unusual endothoracic goiter is defined as the finding of mediastinal thyroid tissue after total thyroidectomy. It is uncommon and generally the tumor is located in the anterior mediastinum at retrosternal position. This was a patient with unusual endothoracic goiter after total thyroidectomy and diagnosed six years later. The lesion was excised with no intraoperative or postoperative complications.

Keywords : endothoracic goiter; thyroid gland neoplasias; surgery.

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