A Case of Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis with Thyrotoxicosis in an Elderly Patient

Acute suppurative thyroiditis (AST) is a rare condition, as the thyroid gland is relatively resistant to infection. Thyroid function tests are usually normal in AST. A few cases of AST associated with thyrotoxicosis have been reported in adults. We report a case of AST that was associated with thyro...

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Autores principales: Kim, Bo Sang, Nam, Kil Woo, Kim, Jeong Eun, Park, Ji Hoon, Yoon, Jun Sik, Park, Jung Hwan, Hong, Sang Mo, Lee, Chang Bum, Park, Yong Soo, Choi, Woong Hwan, Ahn, You Hern, Kim, Dong Sun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Endocrine Society 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3811791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24396651
http://dx.doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2013.28.1.50
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Sumario:Acute suppurative thyroiditis (AST) is a rare condition, as the thyroid gland is relatively resistant to infection. Thyroid function tests are usually normal in AST. A few cases of AST associated with thyrotoxicosis have been reported in adults. We report a case of AST that was associated with thyrotoxicosis in a 70-year-old woman. We diagnosed AST with thyroid ultrasonography and fine needle aspiration of pus. The patient improved after surgical intervention and had no anatomical abnormality. Fine needle aspiration is the best method for the difficult task of differentiating malignancy and subacute thyroiditis from AST with thyrotoxicosis. Earlier diagnosis and proper treatment for AST might improve the outcome.

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