Presentation
Long standing goiter of 50 years now presenting with difficulty in breathing
Patient Data
Age: 70 years
Gender: Female
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Large neck mass lesion cuffing the upper airway and extending to overlie the apices of both lungs. Areas of focal hyperdensities seen within suggestive of calcification within.
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Massive symmetric nodular enlargement of both lobes of thyroid extending from skull base caudally till the manubrium causing significant airway compression.
Case Discussion
The word goiter (or goiter) is derived from the Latin word (guttur, throat), meaning throat, and is generally referred to as an enlargement of the thyroid gland.