Mukhopadhyay Sarmishtha, Satpathi Tirthankar
Department of Medicine, B.R. Singh Hospital and Centre for Medical Education and Research, Eastern Railway, Kolkata 700014, West Bengal.
J Assoc Physicians India. 2010 Aug;58:502-4.
We report a 55-year-old female who presented with trochanteric fracture of right femur. Examination and investigation revealed a huge retrosternal goiter with compression of great vessels which was asymptomatic for more than two decades. Subsequent investigation confirmed it as a case of toxic multinodular goitre with subclinical hyperthyroidism which is the possible cause of secondary osteoporosis and fracture. Unusual presentation makes the case reportable.
