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Minimal Invasive Resection of Large Retrosternal Thyroid Goiter
Published on: September 20, 2024
Eggshell calcification after intrathyroidal hemorrhage of retrosternal thyroid
Mehmet Fatih Yuzbasioglu1, Mesut Ozkaya, Fikret Ezberci
1Department of General Surgery, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Medical Faculty, Kahramanmaras, Turkey. f_yuzbasioglu@hotmail.com.
Abstract:
We report a rare event of old hemorrhage into a thyroid causing respiratory distress. A 67-year-old man with chronic cough and recent dysphagia was found to have a retrosternal mass extending into the visceral mediastinum on chest roentgenogram. A computed tomographic (CT) scan confirmed eggshell callcification, which was 53 x 53 x 80 mm in size a retrosternal thyroid mass and revealed significant tracheal deviation to the right due to an extensive mass surrounded by a calcificated capsule in the left lobe of the thyroid gland with extension to the upper mediastinum. He successfully underwent left lobectomy of the thyroid gland with sternotomy. The pathological examination revealed intrathyroidal hemorrhage of the thyroid gland with massive intracystic old bleeding.
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