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Pages 1205-1209 (November - December 2009)
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Vol. 15. Issue 6.
Pages 1205-1209 (November - December 2009)
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Falsa asma – A propósito de um caso clínico
Asthma mimic – A clinical case report
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Alexandra Bento1, Ana Paula Gonçalves2, Avenida Rainha D. Amélia3
1 Interna do Internato Complementar de Pneumologia
2 Assistente Graduada de Pneumologia
3 Unidade de Saúde Local EPE Guarda, Serviço de Pneumologia, 6300 Guarda
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A maioria dos bócios mediastínicos são extensões de bócios cervicais. Geralmente os doentes são do sexo feminino e só muito raramente apresentam sintomas4. As queixas mais frequentemente relatadas são sensação de “massa cervical”, dispneia, disfagia e tosse1.

Os autores relatam o caso de uma doente de 67 anos, que recorreu ao serviço de urgência por queixas de dispneia, desconforto e sensação de aperto cervical anterior. O quadro descrito tinha alguns meses de evolução e havia agravamento na semana prévia. A doente referiu antecedentes de asma brônquica, para a qual estava medicada, mas constatou-se que se tratava de um bócio mergulhante.

Palavras-chave:
Bócio mediastínico
compressão traqueal
asma
Abstract

Most mediastinal goiters are extensions of cervical goiters. Patients are generally female and only occasionally have symptoms4. Patients most commonly complain of a mass-like sensation, dyspnoea, dysphagia and cough1. The authors describe the case of a 67 year-old female who presented at the emergency room with dyspnoea, anterior cervical discomfort and tightness which had onset a few months prior but which had worsened in the last week. The patient cited a history of bronchial asthma, for which she was under medication, but the true diagnosis was mediastinal goiter.

Key-words:
Mediastinal goiter
tracheal compression
asthma
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