Verma Ashish, Wartak Siddharth, Tidswell Mark
Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA 01199, USA.
Case Rep Med. 2012;2012:627415. doi: 10.1155/2012/627415. Epub 2012 Sep 9.
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.
急性上气道梗阻是一种医疗急症,可由许多严重情况引起,如气道被异物阻塞、内在肿胀(如过敏反应)或外在压迫。甲状腺肿大作为气道受损的原因鲜有报道。我们报告一例患者,其甲状腺肿大推测由锂盐诱发,肿大程度足以导致严重的气道受损。