title: [Management of a compressive goiter in a pregnant woman].
abstract: Emergency physicians frequently encounter patients with thyroid disease. However, it is unusual for these thyroid disorders to create acute, life-threatening situations. Critical airway compression attributable to benign thyroid enlargement may occur suddenly and require urgent treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of pregnant women who was admitted for compressive goiter with laryngeal dyspnea, which required emergency total thyroidectomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Urgent thyroidectomy in pregnant women can be performed if we respect the precautions.
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ridal
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abbasi
authors.forename: Fouad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aissaoui
authors.forename: Mohamed Noreddine
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Alami
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy