Surgical treatment of recurrent goiter located in the posterior mediastinum

Abstract

The article presents a rare variant of recurrent retrosternal goiter located in the posterior mediastinum. The localization and size of the goiter required the supplementation of traditional cervical access with a partial longitudinal sternotomy. It was shown relationship between the development of recurrent retrosternal goiter and nonradically performed primary operation.

Keywords

• nodular goiter
• retrosternal goiter
• recurrent goiter
• sternotomy
• compression syndrome