Management of retrosternal goitre with superior vena cava obstruction.
Acute respiratory and cardiovascular decompensation secondary to retrosternal goitre is uncommon but life threatening. We report our experience of successful surgical management of a patient who presented acute enlargement of the mediastinal component of retrosternal goitre, which resulted in tracheal and vena cava compression.
Tsang
Flora H F
FH
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Wan
Innes Y P
IY
Lee
T W
TW
Ng
S K
SK
Yim
Anthony P C
AP
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery