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ArticleCureus2023

Management of a Long-Standing Huge Goiter During a Humanitarian Mission: A Case Report.

Cheikh Ahmédou Lame, Mehmet Atila, Bertin Dembele, Michael K Obeng

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Cheikh Ahmédou LameENT Department, Hopital Principal de Dakar, Dakar, SEN.
Mehmet AtilaCenter for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Medical Inn, Düsseldorf, DEU.
Bertin DembelePlastic Surgery and Oncology Department, Hôpital de Dermatologie de Bamako, Bamako, MLI.
Michael K ObengPlastic Surgery Department, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Giant goiters are still encountered in low-income countries where diagnosis and management remain challenging. The authors report a case of an endemic giant goiter, treated during a humanitarian mission. A 50-year-old female with no particular history presented during a humanitarian mission with a giant nontoxic goiter evolving for 30 years. She underwent a total thyroidectomy removing a 3 kg thyroid gland. The postoperative period was uneventful. Giant goiters are not exceptional in goiter-endemic areas. Diagnostic and surgical management do not require particular technology. Surgery remains feasible even in countries with limited resources.

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africaendemic goitergiant goiterhumanitarian missionthyroidectomy

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PMID37362472
PMCPMC10285428

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