ASTHMA MIMICS (ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE CAUSED BY GIANT RETROSTERNAL NONTOXIC GOITER)

Hussam Eddin Badi; Mohammed Traina; Masoud Ghazit; Esmail Alghanudi

doi:10.36602/mmsj/2015.n03.15

ASTHMA MIMICS (ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE CAUSED BY GIANT RETROSTERNAL NONTOXIC GOITER)

Authors

Hussam Eddin Badi Surgical department, Misurata Central Hospital
Mohammed Traina Medical department, Misurata Central Hospital
Masoud Ghazit Medical department, Misurata Central Hospital
Esmail Alghanudi Medical department, Misurata Central Hospital

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36602/mmsj/2015.n03.15

Keywords:

(ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE, RETROSTERNAL NONTOXIC GOITER

Abstract

A 70 years old Libyan lady complaining of dyspnea and was treated as bronchial asthma for 3 years. She was admitted to the medical ward; as her condition worsened recently; where she re-evaluated and diagnosed as acute respiratory failure caused by giant retrosternal nontoxic goiter.

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10-07-2025

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Hussam Eddin Badi, Mohammed Traina, Masoud Ghazit, Esmail Alghanudi. ASTHMA MIMICS (ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE CAUSED BY GIANT RETROSTERNAL NONTOXIC GOITER) . mmsj [Internet]. 2025 Jul. 10 [cited 2026 Apr. 18];2(2):70-2. Available from: https://journals.misuratau.edu.ly/mmsj/ojs/index.php/mmsj/article/view/159

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Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Case report

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