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A Case Report of Substernal Goiter Kochi, Kazuhiro Kochi Kazuhiro Okita, Mitsuaki Okita Mitsuaki Isono, Motoaki Isono Motoaki Shigemoto, Shigenori Shigemoto Shigenori Watanabe, Kiminori Watanabe Kiminori Shigemoto, Miho Shigemoto Miho Shimamoto, Humio Shimamoto Humio Ito, Takashi Ito Takashi Matsuura, Yuichiro Matsuura Yuichiro open access Substernal goiter Operative indication 490 A case of substernal goiter is reported. A 78-year-old female was admitted to our hospital with no symptoms. Chest roentgenography on admission showed that a mass of 3 by 5 cm in size with calcification located in the substernal region. Computed tomography of the chest and aortography revealed that the mass was attached to the trachea, but the connection to the great vessels was not clear. Pathological findings of the incisional biopsy specimen showed thyroid tissue with no evidence of malignancy. Our clinical diagnosis was substernal goiter. Surgery was not carried out in this case, based on the literature. Surgery is indicated in case of malignancy or in cases with severe illness such as respiratory disorder and superior vena cava syndrome. Hiroshima University Medical Press 1993-12 eng departmental bulletin paper VoR https://hiroshima.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2013336 8014069 0018-2052 AA00664312 Hiroshima Journal of Medical Sciences Hiroshima Journal of Medical Sciences 42 4 167 167 169 https://hiroshima.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/2013336/files/HiroshimaJMedSci_42_167.pdf 663.8 KB