Neck Mass in Rural Africa

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Neck Mass in Rural Africa Antonio Grimaldi, MD, Barbara Kakande, MD, Kumar Narayanan, MD, Elias Sebatta, MD, Giorgio Trucco, MD, Mariana Mirabel, MD, Roxane Ducloux, MD, Emmy Okello, MD, Eloi Marijon, MD, PhD The American Journal of Medicine Volume 128, Issue 2, Pages e3-e4 (February 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.10.018 Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Ugandan woman with massive thyroid goiter and severe engorgement of the superficial veins of the upper chest. The intrathoracic mass extends from the hypopharynx and thyroid cartilage superiorly to beyond the suprasternal notch inferiorly and along both sternomastoids laterally. The American Journal of Medicine 2015 128, e3-e4DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.10.018) Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions