Background and Objectives: surgery for substernal goitre is still debated in the literature, due
to the wide range of surgical options. This article outlines the findings of our extensive …

Objective Substernal goiters are classified as primary or secondary intrathoracic goiters.
Here, we report the diagnosis, symptoms, treatment, and postoperative complications of 44 …

The most appropriate treatment of substernal goiter (SG) is surgery. These patients should
be evaluated carefully and multidisciplinary in pre-operative period and surgical …

Background Disparities distinguishing patients with substernal goiters from nonsubsternal
goiters have not been thoroughly described. Methods The National Inpatient Sample …

Background Thyroidectomy for massive goiters is challenging because of the increased risk
of tracheomalacia, combined sternotomy, postoperative morbidity, and mortality, whereas …

Background Retrosternal goiter is defined as a thyroid mass of which more than 50% is
located below the thoracic inlet. The aim of this study is to assess the retrosternal goiter …

Intrathoracic goiter is commonly located in the anterior mediastinum. Here we report a case
of a 58-year-old Chinese male in whom we successfully removed the intrathoracic goiter …

Most retrosternal goiters are situated in the anterior mediastinal compartment, but according
to the literature, 10–15% are located in the posterior mediastinum. Although most of the …

Introduction Retrosternal goiter may occur in up to 7% of the cases, most of them extend to
the anterior mediastinum, extension to the posterior mediastinum is very rare. It causes …

Results 124 I-PET detected significantly more “hot spots” with/without central photopenia (P<
0.001), significantly more nodules (P< 0.001), and more “cold spots” than did 99m Tc-PT …