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Table 1 Details of pre-sternal thyroid swellings reported till date

From: Pre-sternal thyroid swellings: a case of rare aberrant site recurrence and review of literature

S no

Author

Year

Age

Sex

Findings

Nature of mass

1

Belger S [23].

1952

  

Details not available

 

2

Raman A et al. [21]

1999

39

F

15 × 30 cm

Lobular cystic swelling on the anterior aspect of the neck from submental region to the xiphisternum in the pre-sternal plane

Papillary carcinoma thyroid with metastasis in regional lymph nodes

3

Brilli L et al. [24]

2007

50

M

10 cm in length

Elongated neck mass, descending subcutaneously up to the mid region of the sternum.

Multinodular goiter

4

Chow TL et al. [19]

2014

50

M

3.5 × 3 cm

dumb-bell–shaped mass, lower part in pre-sternal plane

Papillary carcinoma thyroid

5

Fanantenana HN et al. [20]

2015

60

M

18 × 14 cm

Firm, smooth surface mass

* H/o excision 7 years ago.

Heterotopic thyroid goitre with no evidence of malignancy.

6

Patil et al. [25]

2012

60

F

25 × 15 cm

Mass arising from neck with multiple cysts in front of sternum

Papillary carcinoma thyroid

7

Tang et al. [26]

2015

42

M

17 × 13 cm

Multiple cystic lesions in the chest beneath skin interlinked with the right thyroid lobe

Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma

8

Stumpf et al. [22]

2017

54

F

20 × 9 cm

Large, firm, regular mass in pre-sternal region

* H/o partial thyroidectomy 13 years ago.

Colloid goiter

9

Bains L et al

2019

60

F

15 × 8 cm

Papillary carcinoma thyroid recurrence