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Goitre presenting as an oropharyngeal mass: an unusual finding in the elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Leonard P. Berenholz ,
Samuel Segal  and
Alex Kessler
Leonard P. Berenholz*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Samuel Segal
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Alex Kessler
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
*
Address for correspondence: Leonard P. Berenholz, M.D., F.A.C.S., Department of Otolaryngology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 70300, Israel. Fax: 972-8-9779502
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Abstract

Thyroid goitre presentation in the neck with extension inferiorly to the mediastinum is well-known. Extension superiorly into the retropharyngeal space is very rare and may be accompanied by change in voice and/or airway compromise.

A case is described of a patient with change in voice and mild airway compromise secondary to a goitre presenting in the oropharynx. Computed tomography (CT) and physical findings are discussed with the need to recognize this rare entity.

Keywords

GoitreRetropharyngeal space
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 113 , Issue 2 , February 1999 , pp. 170 - 171
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999

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