Successful Excision of a 710 gram Intrathoracic Thyroid Carcinoma – A Very Rare Case

Hung-Hsing Chiang, Hon-Man

Abstract

Background: Intrathoracic goiters that compress nearby structures require surgical excision. Method and result: An abnormally large intrathoracic thyroid carcinoma (ITC) weighing 710 g was excised successfully from a 76 year-old female. For already 62 months, she is still surviving. Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, it is the largest ITC ever be reported in the literature.

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