A52-year-old woman complained of intermittent dyspnea. Examination of the neck and chest
was unremarkable. A chest radiograph showed a mediastinal mass (Fig. 1). Thyroid …

The posterior mediastinum is an infrequent site for an enlarged thyroid. A correct
preoperative diagnosis is required, so that the proper surgical approach may be used. Five …

Figure 1. A 51-year-old woman presented for evaluation of a mediastinal mass. Eleven
years earlier, she had undergone subtotal thyroidectomy for a large, multinodular goiter. The …

A 67-year-old woman presented with a 6-month history of dyspnea and dysphagia. Physical
examination revealed a small cervical goiter, but the lower poles of the thyroid were not …

A 73-year-old man presented with cough and shortness of breath. He was a non-smoker
and had no history of previous respiratory problems. Twelve months previously a right …

A 72-year-old woman presented with a 2-month history of right thoracic pain and cough.
Physical examination revealed diminished sounds of breathing from the right lung and an …

Contrast-enhanced CT scan thorax revealed an anterior mediastinal mass with soft tissue
and fat densities with dense ring of calcification in the periphery of the mass along with left …

A substernal goiter is a common mediastinal mass that can usually be recognized as
contiguous with the body of the thyroid. We report the rare occurrence of a mediastinal goiter …

A 68-year-old woman was indicated to have a mediastinal tumor by chance. The tumor was
suspected to be a mediastinal thyroid goiter on enhanced CT (Picture A, arrowheads) …