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Combined Cardiac Surgery and Excision of a Retrosternal Thyroid Mass: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Tang Gilbert H. L.,
Feindel Christopher M.,
Gullane Patrick J.,
Butany Jagdish
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2005.00127.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , surgery , cardiac surgery , surgical excision , general surgery
Retrosternal thyroid mass with posterior mediastinal extension is an extremely rare phenomenon. We describe a combined thyroidectomy, aortic valve replacement, and coronary artery bypass graft surgery on a patient with an asymptomatic retrosternal thyroid mass.