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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:300
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Unusual Manifestation of Riedel’s Thyroiditis

Pyng Lee, MDa,*, Anton Vonk-Noordegraaf, MD, PhDb, Marinus A. Paul, MD, PhDc, Tom G. Sutedja, MD, PhDb

a Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
b Department of Pulmonology, Free University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
c Department of Surgery, Free University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

* Address correspondence to Dr Lee, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, 169608, Singapore (Email: lee.pyng@sgh.com.sg).

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A 35-year-old woman presented with stridor. A computed tomographic scan of the thorax revealed a mediastinal mass with tracheal and esophageal compression (Fig 1A) and fibrosis of the thyroid (Fig 1B). Mediastinoscopy performed for tissue biopsy was complicated by massive hemorrhage from a brachiocephalic vein injury that necessitated a sternotomy. Diagnosis of Riedel’s thyroiditis (RT) with fibrosing mediastinitis was made, and prednisolone was instituted. The patient improved, but she had dysphagia develop 16 months later. . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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