Huge Pulsatile Sternal Mass
A 46-year-old woman presented with a huge, hard sternal mass with a one -year history. The size of the mass has been progressively increasing from an initial size of a table tennis ball. It was dull and aching in nature with a sensation of heaviness, which affected her daily life activities and made...
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| author | Nornazirah Azizan Firdaus Hayati Hui Lian Ho Siti Zubaidah Sharif |
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| description | A 46-year-old woman presented with a huge, hard sternal mass with a one -year history. The size of the mass has been progressively increasing from an initial size of a table tennis ball. It was dull and aching in nature with a sensation of heaviness, which affected her daily life activities and made her seek medical attention. The mass was associated with skin discoloration and contact bleeding. There was no fever. Clinically, despite being hard and fixed, it tended to pulsate with bruit on auscultation [Figure 1]. She had a total thyroidectomy for a multinodular goiter 10 years prior, but defaulted follow-up soon after the surgery. She was on thyroid replacement therapy, but decided to stop taking it for the past two years due to a logistic issue. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eb4533b0bdf74819823bd2e39ede065e2022-12-21T18:42:51ZengOman Medical Specialty BoardOman Medical Journal1999-768X2070-52042020-05-01353e137e13710.5001/omj.2020.55Huge Pulsatile Sternal MassNornazirah Azizan0Firdaus Hayati1Hui Lian Ho2Siti Zubaidah Sharif3Department of Pathobiology and Medical Diagnostic, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MalaysiaDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MalaysiaDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MalaysiaBreast and Endocrine Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital II, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Lorong Bersatu, Off Jalan Damai, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MalaysiaA 46-year-old woman presented with a huge, hard sternal mass with a one -year history. The size of the mass has been progressively increasing from an initial size of a table tennis ball. It was dull and aching in nature with a sensation of heaviness, which affected her daily life activities and made her seek medical attention. The mass was associated with skin discoloration and contact bleeding. There was no fever. Clinically, despite being hard and fixed, it tended to pulsate with bruit on auscultation [Figure 1]. She had a total thyroidectomy for a multinodular goiter 10 years prior, but defaulted follow-up soon after the surgery. She was on thyroid replacement therapy, but decided to stop taking it for the past two years due to a logistic issue.http://omjournal.org/articleDetails.aspx?coType=1&aId=2591sternal massfollicular thyroid carcinoma |
| spellingShingle | Nornazirah Azizan Firdaus Hayati Hui Lian Ho Siti Zubaidah Sharif Huge Pulsatile Sternal Mass Oman Medical Journal sternal mass follicular thyroid carcinoma |
| title | Huge Pulsatile Sternal Mass |
| title_full | Huge Pulsatile Sternal Mass |
| title_fullStr | Huge Pulsatile Sternal Mass |
| title_full_unstemmed | Huge Pulsatile Sternal Mass |
| title_short | Huge Pulsatile Sternal Mass |
| title_sort | huge pulsatile sternal mass |
| topic | sternal mass follicular thyroid carcinoma |
| url | http://omjournal.org/articleDetails.aspx?coType=1&aId=2591 |
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