TY - JOUR
T1 - Sequestered Substernal Goiter
AU - Ladenson, Paul W.
AU - Vineyard, Gordon C.
AU - Pinkus, Geraldine S.
AU - Ridgway, E. Chester
PY - 1983/5
Y1 - 1983/5
N2 - A young woman with a normally located and only subtly nodular thyroid gland in the neck was found to have a clinically distinct and radioisotopically “cold” anterior mediastinal mass, which proved to be a benign colloid adenoma. While this constellation of findings usually suggests the presence of a nonthyroidal neoplasm, eg, lymphoma, thymoma, or teratoma, our case illustrates that sequestered benign nodular goiter should also be considered in the differential diagnosis. Clinical clues, such as a nodular thyroid gland, movement of the mass with deglutition, and a family history of nodular goiter, should suggest this possibility. A characteristic computed tomographic appearance may also prove useful in recognition of this rare disorder.
AB - A young woman with a normally located and only subtly nodular thyroid gland in the neck was found to have a clinically distinct and radioisotopically “cold” anterior mediastinal mass, which proved to be a benign colloid adenoma. While this constellation of findings usually suggests the presence of a nonthyroidal neoplasm, eg, lymphoma, thymoma, or teratoma, our case illustrates that sequestered benign nodular goiter should also be considered in the differential diagnosis. Clinical clues, such as a nodular thyroid gland, movement of the mass with deglutition, and a family history of nodular goiter, should suggest this possibility. A characteristic computed tomographic appearance may also prove useful in recognition of this rare disorder.
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U2 - 10.1001/archinte.1983.00350050179031
DO - 10.1001/archinte.1983.00350050179031
M3 - Article
C2 - 6679211
AN - SCOPUS:0020615461
SN - 0003-9926
VL - 143
SP - 1015
EP - 1017
JO - Archives of internal medicine
JF - Archives of internal medicine
IS - 5
ER -