A Case of a Young Woman with Cervico-Mediastinal Malignant Goiter
The main treatment in nearly every case of thyroid cancer is surgery. The exception often refers to anaplastic carcinoma because this cancer is already widespread at the time of diagnosis. Most of the cases are treated with thyroidectomy, but small tumors that spread inside the thyroid gland might b...
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| author | Yankov G. Gecov P. Kovacheva M. Mekov E. Petkov R. Vladimirov B. |
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| description | The main treatment in nearly every case of thyroid cancer is surgery. The exception often refers to anaplastic carcinoma because this cancer is already widespread at the time of diagnosis. Most of the cases are treated with thyroidectomy, but small tumors that spread inside the thyroid gland might be treated by lobectomy. Intrathoracic goiter accounts for 5.8% of all mediastinal masses. On the other hand, the incidence of thyroid malignancy in cervico-mediastinal thyroid masses is 7,7%. In such cases, total thyroidectomy with en block removal of the mediastinal portion of the gland is the treatment of choice. We present a case of a 34-year-old woman with cervico-mediastinal malignant goiter. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ceed97ad7aa141848f979745590300212022-12-21T21:19:38ZengSciendoActa Medica Bulgarica0324-17502020-11-01474485110.2478/amb-2020-0045A Case of a Young Woman with Cervico-Mediastinal Malignant GoiterYankov G.0Gecov P.1Kovacheva M.2Mekov E.3Petkov R.4Vladimirov B.5Department of Respiratory Diseases, Medical Faculty, Medical University – Sofia, BulgariaDepartment of Radiology, Medical Faculty, Medical University – Sofia, BulgariaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Medical Faculty, Medical University – Sofia, BulgariaDepartment of Respiratory Diseases, Medical Faculty, Medical University – Sofia, BulgariaDepartment of Respiratory Diseases, Medical Faculty, Medical University – Sofia, BulgariaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Medical Faculty, Medical University – Sofia, BulgariaThe main treatment in nearly every case of thyroid cancer is surgery. The exception often refers to anaplastic carcinoma because this cancer is already widespread at the time of diagnosis. Most of the cases are treated with thyroidectomy, but small tumors that spread inside the thyroid gland might be treated by lobectomy. Intrathoracic goiter accounts for 5.8% of all mediastinal masses. On the other hand, the incidence of thyroid malignancy in cervico-mediastinal thyroid masses is 7,7%. In such cases, total thyroidectomy with en block removal of the mediastinal portion of the gland is the treatment of choice. We present a case of a 34-year-old woman with cervico-mediastinal malignant goiter.https://doi.org/10.2478/amb-2020-0045goitercervico-mediastinal lesiontotal thyroidectomy |
| spellingShingle | Yankov G. Gecov P. Kovacheva M. Mekov E. Petkov R. Vladimirov B. A Case of a Young Woman with Cervico-Mediastinal Malignant Goiter Acta Medica Bulgarica goiter cervico-mediastinal lesion total thyroidectomy |
| title | A Case of a Young Woman with Cervico-Mediastinal Malignant Goiter |
| title_full | A Case of a Young Woman with Cervico-Mediastinal Malignant Goiter |
| title_fullStr | A Case of a Young Woman with Cervico-Mediastinal Malignant Goiter |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Case of a Young Woman with Cervico-Mediastinal Malignant Goiter |
| title_short | A Case of a Young Woman with Cervico-Mediastinal Malignant Goiter |
| title_sort | case of a young woman with cervico mediastinal malignant goiter |
| topic | goiter cervico-mediastinal lesion total thyroidectomy |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/amb-2020-0045 |
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