Il Giornale di chirurgia
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Il Giornale di chirurgia · Aug 2008
Case Reports[Severe obstruction of upper airway by cervicomediastinal goitre in patients with cardiopulmonary insufficiency].
The symptoms of the retrosternal goitre are due to the compression especially on airway, by thyroid growth in mediastinum. We present a case of an old woman affected by chronic obstructive broncopneumopathy, atrial fibrillation and mediastinal goitre. ⋯ The risk of total thyroidectomy was related to the possible tracheomalacia. The surgery improved respiratory performance.