Mohammad Shbat, Mohammad Almatarneh, Razan Ali, Mohammad Abd-Alrahman Saif, Fatema Almoustafa, Mohammad Obada Alsadi, Najah Aloudat, Youness Souleiman
When severe airway or vascular compression occurs, definitive management typically requires an extracervical approach, such as a complete median sternotomy, for safe resection.
Recurrent substernal goiter can develop decades after total thyroidectomy due to microscopic residual tissue. It must be considered in the differential diagnosis of giant mediastinal masses. When severe airway or vascular compression occurs, definitive management typically requires an extracervical approach, such as a complete median sternotomy, for safe resection.