Lithium-Associated Thyromegaly: An Unusual Cause of Airway Obstruction | Zendy

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Lithium-Associated Thyromegaly: An Unusual Cause of Airway Obstruction

Author(s) -

Ashish Verma,

Siddharth Wartak,

Mark Tidswell

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2012/627415

Subject(s) - medicine , airway , airway obstruction , foreign body , anaphylaxis , compromise , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , surgery , allergy , immunology , social science , sociology

Acute upper airway obstruction is a medical emergency and can be caused by many serious conditions such as a foreign body occluding the airway, intrinsic swelling (as in anaphylaxis), or extrinsic compression. Thyromegaly has rarely been reported as a source of airway compromise. We present a patient whose thyromegaly is presumed to have been induced by lithium and was massive enough to cause severe airway compromise.

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