Fatal haemorrhage due to ruptured inferior thyroid artery aneurysm.
A rare case is reported of an aneurysm of one of the branches of the inferior thyroid artery presenting as a thyroid swelling compressing the trachea, oesophagus and left recurrent laryngeal nerve, and complicated by erosion of the tracheal wall through which a sudden attack of bleeding into the trachea suffocated the patient immediately.
D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000150:complications; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology