The Medical and Surgical Aspects of Intratracheal Goiter

Abstract

IT is well recognized that thyroid tissue may be ectopically situated in various locations in the neck. Lingual thyroid tissue, thyroglossal-duct remnants and aberrant lateral cervical thyroid have been accurately described. Thyroid tissue that is located within the lumen of the trachea, however, has received only sparse attention in the English literature. In the commonly used textbooks of medicine, pediatrics and surgery little mention is made of intratracheal goiter. In contrast, a survey of the European literature discloses more than 90 case reports and a clinical familiarity with this interesting lesion. Recent study of a patient with an intratracheal goiter . . .