Barbuscia Maria, Di Pietro Nicola, Giacomo Rizzo Antonio, Melita Giuseppinella, Sanò Mjriam, De Luca Manuela, Gorgone Salvatore
Cattedra di Chirurgia dell'Apparato Digerente, Università degli Studi di Messina.
Chir Ital. 2003 Nov-Dec;55(6):919-22.
The authors report their experience with a case of bilateral pleural effusions as a complication of intrathoracic goitre. They then go on to examine all the possible causes of this phenomenon. After discussing the anatomy of the superior mediastinum, they conclude that hydrothorax related to intrathoracic goitre could be the result of pressure of the mass on venous structures, especially on the superior vena cava, or on the intramediastinal lymphatic vessles, or, as in the case reported, on both.
作者报告了他们处理一例双侧胸腔积液作为胸内甲状腺肿并发症的经验。然后，他们继续研究这种现象的所有可能原因。在讨论了上纵隔的解剖结构后，他们得出结论，与胸内甲状腺肿相关的胸腔积液可能是肿块对静脉结构，尤其是上腔静脉，或对纵隔内淋巴管，或者如所报告的病例那样，对两者施加压力的结果。
