Acute respiratory failure and tracheal obstruction in patients with posterior giant mediastinal (intrathoracic) goiter.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
; 3(1): 174-5, 2004 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
The extension of a thyroid goiter into the mediastinum, commonly known as a substernal goiter, is commonly located in the anterior mediastinum. Substernal enlargement of a goiter can cause compression of several mediastinal structures including the trachea. Tracheal compression may rarely lead to acute respiratory failure. We present a patient with tracheal compression and respiratory failure due to a posterior mediastinal goiter in the light of the literature.