[Multiple intrathoracic compression syndrome of thyroid etiology]

The aim of this article is to present a case report of multiple compression syndrome caused by intrathoracic thyroid papillary carcinoma and the review of compression intrathoracic syndrome of thyroid etiology. In our patient were confirmed: tracheal and esophageal deviation and compression, superior vena cava syndrome, downhill varices, chylothorax, pericardial effusion, compression of the left subclavian artery, unilateral lesion of recurrent and phrenic nerve, and brachial plexopathy. This was a unique case with multiple compression syndrome out of 2000 patients surgically treated for all kinds of thyroid diseases. Intrathoracic goiter can cause all the known symptoms and syndromes of intrathoracic compression with a possibility of rapid deterioration and fatal outcome.