title: Substernal goitre: a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension and heart failure.
abstract: Benign substernal goitres usually extend into the upper anterior mediastinum and are easily extractable through a cervical approach. Very infrequently these tumours extend into the thoracic cavity causing compression of mediastinal structures. The authors report a case of pulmonary hypertension and severe cardiac failure secondary to a long-standing substernal goitre, and support the surgical management of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, Hôtel-Dieu de France, Université Saint-Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abboud
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Badaoui
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Aoun
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tabet
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Jebara
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013908:Thoracotomy; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016312:Treatment Refusal