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A Rare Case of Neck Swelling: Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis With End-Stage Renal Disease

Acute suppurative thyroiditis is a rare life-threatening endocrine emergency. The thyroid gland has rich vascularity and lymphatic drainage, has large amounts of iodine in the tissue, generates hydrogen peroxide, and is encapsulated. Owing to these factors, infection of the thyroid gland is rare. Th...

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Autores principales: Kaeley, Nidhi, Bairwa, Archana, Kaushik, Bhoomika, M S, Salva A, Jose, Jewel Rani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9637548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36381738
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30044