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AI InsightThis rare condition must be considered in the differential diagnostic list of retropharygeal masses.
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Abstract
Multinodular goiter not uncommonly grows substernally causing symptoms related to compression of the trachea and/or esophagus. However, cephalad extension of a goitrous thyroid gland is rare, and retropharyngeal thyroid tissue has been reported only scarcely in the literature. We describe radiographic and computed tomographic findings in an elderly patient presenting with dysphonia and dysphagia due to a large retropharyngeal goiter compressing the larynx and hypopharynx. This rare condition must be considered in the differential diagnostic list of retropharygeal masses.
Özet
Multinodüler guatrın substernal uzanımına bağlı özofagus veya trakeada kompresyon sık karşılaşılan bir durumdur. Ancak guatrın asendan uzanımı oldukça enderdir. Bu olgu bildirisinde, retroorofarenjeal uzanım göstererek larinks ve hipofarinkste kompresyona neden olan multinodüler guatrın direkt grafi ve bilgisayarlı tomografi bulgularını sunduk.