its adjacent structures can cause tracheal damage such as ulceration of the mucosa, tracheal stenosis, tracheoesophageal fistula, tracheomalacia and neck abscess. We describe a case of upper tracheal necrosis as a complication of total thyroidectomy in a hyperthyroid patient, highlighting some of the difficulties presented by a thyrotoxic goitre, which, to our knowledge has not been reported be...

Focal non-neoplastic stenoses of the trachea are uncommon and many of these are complications of either endotracheal intubation or placement of tracheostomy tube. The pathogenesis of post-intubation tracheal stenoses (PITS) may be related to multiple factors (infection due to bacterial colonization, meccanical irritation, hypotension, gastroesophageal reflux, underlying illness), but the ischem...