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Multinodular goiter

Case contributed by Varun Babu
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Long standing goiter of 50 years now presenting with difficulty in breathing

Patient Data

Age: 70 years
Gender: Female

Radiograph

x-ray

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. 

Contrast enhanced neck CT

ct

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

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