Goiter in a Patient with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treated with Epoprostenol
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. M...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-70788ff269774ca4b1c86d7a2a7263832025-02-03T05:51:46ZengWileyCase Reports in Pulmonology2090-68462090-68542020-01-01202010.1155/2020/16172531617253Goiter in a Patient with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treated with EpoprostenolShaadi Abughazaleh0Zeenat Safdar1Department of Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Weill Cornell College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USADepartment of Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Weill Cornell College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USAA 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1617253 |
| spellingShingle | Shaadi Abughazaleh Zeenat Safdar Goiter in a Patient with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treated with Epoprostenol Case Reports in Pulmonology |
| title | Goiter in a Patient with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treated with Epoprostenol |
| title_full | Goiter in a Patient with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treated with Epoprostenol |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Goiter in a Patient with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treated with Epoprostenol |
| title_short | Goiter in a Patient with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treated with Epoprostenol |
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