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A case report of massive retrosternal goiter in a 54‐year‐old woman with symptoms of head and neck swelling and dyspnea

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By Shahabaddin Sorouri, Samira Akbarianrad, Maryam Naseri
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1 INTRODUCTION Retrosternal goiter (RSG) is defined as thyroid enlargement with the largest mass along dermal sternum from the neck to the substernal part progressing below the thoracic inlet and is biologically inseparable from nodular goiter.1 Although there are different definitions for RSG, the currently accepted definition is the presence of more than 50% of the thyroid gland mass below the thoracic inlet.2 Depending on the criteria used to define RSG, its incidence varies from 0.2% to...
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