title: Left laterotracheal retrosternal goiter with left upper limb ischemia.
abstract: We describe a rare case of retrosternal goiter that developed on the left side of the trachea, squeezing between the trachea and the left supra-aortic vessels, and causing signs of compression and acute left upper limb ischemia in a 35-year-old woman. Her symptoms disappeared after an emergency total thyroidectomy was performed.
authors.affiliation: Avicenne Military Hospital Marrakech, Morocco.
authors.forename: Aziz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chafik
authors.forename: Amine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benjelloun
authors.forename: Rachid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bouchentouf
authors.forename: Iliass
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mikou
authors.forename: Abdelkader
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ehirchiou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000098:blood supply*