title: Acute airway obstruction by spontaneous hemorrhage into thyroid nodule.
abstract: A 73-year-old man was transferred after cardiopulmonary resuscitation with endotracheal intubation. The neck computed tomography revealed about a 6.5 × 5 cm homogeneous, mildly enhancing cystic mass in the thyroid isthmus, occupying nearly the entire lower central neck region and compressing the trachea. An emergency subtotal thyroidectomy was performed.
authors.affiliation: Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea.
authors.forename: Joon Kyoo
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dong Hoon
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sung Woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Sang Chul
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lim