Current Thoracic Surgery
2017 , Vol 2 , Issue 1
A giant mediastinal ectopic goiter causing dyspnea and dysphagia
1Yedikule Teaching Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
DOI :
10.26663/cts.2017.0007
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Primary mediastinal ectopic goiter (PMG) is defined as the presence of thyroid tissue in the mediastinum
without having a continuity between the cervical thyroid and the mediastinal goiter. A fifty-seven yearold
man admitted to our clinic suffering from dyspnea, chest pain, shortness of breath, and dysphagia for
almost two months. Thorax computed tomography revealed a mass of 12 cm in the posterior mediastinum,
compressing the trachea and esophagus. The mass is resected completely via a right thoracotomy.
Keywords :
Ectopic goiter, mediastinum, dyspnea