Normally, the thyroid cannot be felt or seen except in very thin people, but when enlarged, it presents as a visible and palpable swelling on the neck called
goiter.
Hence, toxic nodular
goiter can be actually more common than Graves' disease in older patients from regions of iodine deficiency.
Talking on thyroid cancer, he said if it is diagnosed early, it is much easier to treat, added, a patient of thyroid cancer may live for years a good quality of life on treatment however the appearance of
goiter should not be taken as non-serious.
"Initially we thought we would remove the thyroid that had the
goiter, but the doctor observed me and noticed that the other thyroid was not in a good condition and so they removed both of them," she said
KEYWORDS: Retrosternal,
Goiter, Anatomical, Tomography, Classification.
In majority of the cases, missed gland is a result of incomplete removal of a plunging
goiter, although sometimes it may be attributed to a concomitant, unrecognized mediastinal
goiter, which is not connected to the thyroid (4).
Some investigators have identified that the rate of sternotomy was higher among patients with RSG whose
goiter was below the lower limit of the aortic arch or extended toward the posterior mediastinum, or in the presence of ectopic mediastinal
goiter, recurrent
goiter or malignancy adhered to mediastinal structures (13-15,19).
LMA is not used in thyroidectomy at the thyroid position that the neck is greatly extended increasing the space between the clavicles and the jaws for his giant
goiter, or with risk of bilateral recurrent nerve paralysis on operating.
Fetal
goiter can lead to multiple perinatal complications such as polyhydramnios, fetal death, preterm delivery, labor dystocia, neonatal asphyxia, and also long-term morbidity due to neurodevelopmental and growth impairments [5, 7, 8].
Bellisano et al., "Solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma of the thyroid gland associated with multinodular
goiter: case report and review of the literature," Pathologica, vol.
Disturbances in the anatomy and changes in the cervical course of the nerve due to both recurrent
goiter mass and wound contraction during the scar formation process after primary surgery are other challenging factors in redo surgery.
Makay, "Less than total thyroidectomy for
goiter: when and how?," Gland Surgery, vol.
Thyroid dysfunction,
goiter parenchymal abnormality, ultrasonographically defined thyroid abnormality, and thyroid disorder were found to be more prevalent in the lithium group.