OBJECTIVES Goiter is a major public health problem, especially in developing countries such as Ethiopia. Hence, this study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of goiter among children in Waghimra Zone, northeast Ethiopia. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted from April 8 to 25, 2015 in northeast Ethiopia. A multistage sampling method was used to select 454 schoolchi...

OBJECTIVES An adult pig model of retrosternal adhesion formation via an inferior hemisternotomy was used to evaluate the formation and development of pericardial and retrosternal adhesions, as well as adhesion reduction using two thicknesses of a bioabsorbable polylactide film. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-five adult female pigs (70 kg) were allocated to either a control group or four differe...

Technical aspects of composite arterial grafting with double skeleton-ized internal thoracic arteries. Bilateral skeleton-ised internal thoracic artery graftings in off-pump coronary artery bypass: early result of Y versus in situ grafts. results of coronary grafting using ultrasonically skeletonized internal thoracic arteries. We read with great interest the recent review from Dr. Ali and cowo...

Background: Goiter is thyroid enlargement, which is the most common visible symptom of iodine deficiency. Some studies have shown iodine deficiency in water, soil, and food in many places worldwide. We aimed to determine the prevalence of goiter and the association between urine iodine levels in children with severity and prevalence of goiter in mountainous villages of Kashan city (center of Ir...

A large variety of medications can cause pill-induced esophagitis. Herein we present a case of cloxacillin-induced esophagitis. A 66-year-old male presented with an acute onset of epigastric and retrosternal pain on the 5th day of a course of oral cloxacillin prescribed for erysipelas. Initial clinical and imaging assessment was negative and he was sent home. A few days later, he returned with ...

BACKGROUND Four goiter representations observed by the authors in the sculptures of the Sacred Mountain of Varese, Italy, are described here. SUMMARY They should be regarded as a typical and proper example of the iconography of "real goiter," where the artists had the definite intention to depict persons with goiter. CONCLUSIONS Studies of representations of individuals with goiter are not ...

INTRODUCTION We present a rare case of chylothorax associated with an intrathoracic goiter in Graves' disease that was treated with radioactive iodine. CASE REPORT A 23-year-old woman with Graves' disease was referred to our clinic with a pleural effusion, dyspnea, characteristic bilateral proptosis, and a diffuse goiter. The pleural fluid biochemistry was consistent with chylothorax. However...

Chylothorax due to goiter is an exceptional compressive complication; compressive goiter usually causes narrowing of the trachea and compression of the esophagus or jugular vein. Because of anatomical relationship, right-side chylothorax is caused by a very large and low-lying goiter. In those cases usually the surgical approach is a sternotomy instead of transcervical thyroidectomy, that is as...

Upper tracheal obstruction, stridor and dispnea developed in a 53 year-old woman because of a large calcified benign goiter. There was a mass of 3 to 4 cm in size with calcification located on the right side of trachea and in the substernal region on the chest roentgenography. CT revealed bilaterally nodular substernal goiter and tracheal compression with the calcified nodule. Cytological findi...