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Park and Kim: Retropharyngeal Growth of a Diffuse Goiter
Case Report

Korean Journal of Endocrine Surgery 2008; 8(4): 269-271.

Published online: 31 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16956/kjes.2008.8.4.269

Retropharyngeal Growth of a Diffuse Goiter

Sung Hee Park, M.D., Eun-Kyung Kim, M.D.1

Department of Radiology, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea.

1Department of Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Correspondence: ekkim@yuhs.ac

      Accepted 9 December 2008

Copyright © 2008 Korean Association of Thyroid and Endocrine Surgeons; KATES

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Abstract

When there is a large goiter, it usually grows downward to the lower anterior neck it rarely grows upward to the retropharyngeal space. We report a 73-year-old woman with a palpable neck mass that was shown to be a diffuse goiter extending into the retropharyngeal space. The mass was well-demonstrated on CT scan.

Keywords: Thyroid, Goiter, Retropharyngeal space

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