Thoracoscopy assisted total thyroidectomy for retrosternal goitre
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A retrosternal retrotracheal multinodular goitre.
1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A 58-year-old lady with a history of rheumatoid arthritis on methotrexate therapy was admitted to the intensive care unit for non-invasive ventilation following acute pneumococcal pneumonia. A CT pulmonary angiogram was performed to rule out pulmonary embolus which revealed a retrotracheal mass arising from the thyroid ( fi gure 1 ). MRI scanning was performed subsequently, a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sri Lanka Journal of Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2279-2201,1391-491X
DOI: 10.4038/sljs.v31i2.5959