{"title":"A rare case of both primary and secondary intrathoracic goiters","authors":"Clement Dhainaut","doi":"10.52768/2766-7820/2509","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Primary intrathoracic goiter is a very rare entity representing only 1% of all intrathoracic goiters. It arises from mediastinal ectopic thyroid, without tissue connection with cervical thyroid and its blood supply is entirely derived from intrathoracic vessels.","PeriodicalId":15420,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Images and Medical Case Reports","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Clinical Images and Medical Case Reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.52768/2766-7820/2509","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Primary intrathoracic goiter is a very rare entity representing only 1% of all intrathoracic goiters. It arises from mediastinal ectopic thyroid, without tissue connection with cervical thyroid and its blood supply is entirely derived from intrathoracic vessels.