Substernal Guatr; Bir Olgu Sunumu

Substernal goiter is a thyroid gland disorder that would occupy within the chest cavity and would origin from the mediastinal space, mostly occurs as cervical goiter growth in the upper mediastinum and can lead to symptoms of compressing. In this study, we are presenting a case, who 76-year-old female has come to the emergency department with shortness of breath and substernal goiter, purposing to draw attention to this rare cause of type 2 respiratory failure. The thyroid gland was palpable (bilateral +2) in the patient. In the patient blood gas, hypercarbia was detected and the patient was diagnosed with type 2 respiratory failure