Comparison between computed tomography and magnetic resonance data and pathologic findings in substernal goiters.

Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance (MR) permit the acquirement of important diagnostic elements for the anatomo-topographic staging of substernal goiters, and for their characterization. The authors compared data obtained by CT and MR with intraoperative anatomo-topographic findings and definitive histology in 28 patients with substernal goiters. CT was performed in all these patients while MR only in 9. The results obtained showed...