Журнал заболеваний щитовидной железы и терапии
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Surgery and Anesthesiological Approach for Giant Thyroid Goiter: An Unusual Case of Didactic Management

RazafimanjatoNarindraNjarasoa Mihaja, RavelomiharyTsiry Dama-Ntsoa, Tsiambanizafy Guillaume Odilon, RakotovaoHanitrala Jean Louis, RajaoneraAndriambelo Tovohery

Although giants goitres are frequently asymptomatic for a long time, its natural development always progresses eventually to compression of the trachea or oesophagus and result in clinical symptoms such as dyspnea or dysphagia. Surgical treatment can prevent: on the one hand, the inevitable evolution to compressive symptoms and the malignant transformation, and on the other hand, correct the aesthetic prejudice and functional discomfort of patients.