Huge Nodular Goitre with Retrosternal Extension- A Rare Case Report

Abstract

Retrosternal goitre is very rare condition which account for to of thyroidectomy patients Though rare it can be better managed surgically In this article we report a rare case of year old female who had nodular goiter with huge retrosternal extension associated with hyperthyroidism Majority of retrosternal thyroid can be removed safely by conventional cervical approach Our patient had around cm mass which was impossible to remove it from conventional approach and hence total thyroidectomy by a combined cervical sternotomy approach Procedure was uneventful and patient is doing fine in months of follow up The role of thyroidectomy in patients with retrosternal goitre provides yet another area of surgical controversy