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Case Reports
. 2007 Aug;16(4):312-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.07.003. Epub 2007 Apr 17.

Management of retrosternal goitre with superior vena cava obstruction

Flora H F Tsang  1 , Innes Y P Wan, T W Lee, S K Ng, Anthony P C Yim
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Management of retrosternal goitre with superior vena cava obstruction

Flora H F Tsang et al. Heart Lung Circ. 2007 Aug.

Abstract

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.

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