Abstract
A 35-year-old female with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who presented with complaints of progressively worsening dysphagia, facial swelling, and shortness of breath, was found to have a large goiter. In patients treated with epoprostenol for long periods of time, thyroid disease is common. Most cases of thyroid disease describe thyrotoxicosis and hyperthyroid statues, but our case was a patient on long term IV epoprostenol presenting with a superior vena cava-syndrome (SVC) like appearance and airway compromise found to have a goiter incidentally during workup.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 1617253 |
| Journal | Case Reports in Pulmonology |
| Volume | 2020 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2020 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Divisions
- Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
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