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Posterior Mediastinal Goiter

Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
¹ Department of Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore
² Department of Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore

For reprint information contact: Chee-Fui Chong, FRCS Tel: 65 6772 2060 Fax: 65 6776 6475 Email: wongps{at}nuh.com.sg Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Republic of Singapore.

Most mediastinal goiters are retrosternally situated in the anterior mediastinal compartment. Posterior mediastinal goiters, either retrotracheal or retroesophageal, are rare. We herein describe a case involving a retrotracheal goiter in the right posterior mediastinum, which was excised using a combined cervico-partial sternotomy and right thoracotomy approach.