Tracheoesophageal compression associated with substernal goitre. Correlation of symptoms with cross-sectional imaging findings

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 358-361

  Mackle, Tara ^a,b   Meaney, J ^a   Timon, C ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cross sectional analysis; Diagnostic imaging; Substernal goitre

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOGRAPHY; STRIDOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROID MASS; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TRACHEA STENOSIS;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; GOITER, SUBSTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYROID GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEAL DISEASES;

EID: 34248187992     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106004142     Document Type: Article

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