[Asthma mimic - a clinical case report].
Most mediastinal goiters are extensions of cervical goiters. Patients are generally female and only occasionally have symptoms. Patients most commonly complain of a mass-like sensation, dyspnoea, dysphagia and cough. The authors describe the case of a 67 year-old female who presented at the emergency room with dyspnoea, anterior cervical discomfort and tightness which had onset a few months prior but which had worsened in the last week. The patient cited a history of bronchial asthma, for which she was under medication, but the true diagnosis was mediastinal goiter.
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Bento
Ana Paula
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Gonçalves
D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008482:Mediastinum; D008875:Middle Aged