title: Acute respiratory failure and tracheal obstruction in patients with intrathoracic goiter.
abstract: Four cases of acute life-threatening tracheal obstruction due to intrathoracic goiter are reported. Acute respiratory insufficiency caused by an upper airway obstruction in patients with intrathoracic goiter is exceptional. In 3 of 4 cases reported, the histologic study showed multiple foci of recent hemorrhage, the mechanism probably responsible for these episodes.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014132:Trachea