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Substernal Thyroid Biopsy Using Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration
Published on: November 10, 2014
[Intrathoracic goiter with differential diagnostic difficulties]
Susanne Scherer1, Dunia Gazi Abd-Elrahmane, René Horsleben Petersen
1Lungemedicinsk Afdeling Y, Gentofte Hospital, DK-2900 Hellerup. nina.bjarnason@adslhome.dk
Abstract:
Intrathoracic goiter represents an important differential diagnosis in the examination of lung tumours. A 71-year-old healthy woman presented with dyspnoea, stridor and an inhomogeneous tumour compressing the upper part of the right lung at the level of the left atrium. Computed tomography showed bilateral pleural effusions and a pericardial effusion. Thyroid scintigraphy demonstrated no uptake in the pulmonary mass and material from two sets of core-needle biopsies were inconclusive. Surgery with histology revealed a degenerated benign intrathoracic goiter.
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