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Thyroid Abscess in a Young Postpartum Female

Due to the characteristics of the thyroid gland that prevent infiltration of pathogens, suppurative thyroid gland infections causing thyroid gland abscess are rarely encountered. Herein, we report a young female who presented to our hospital with pulmonary tuberculosis and Klebsiella pneumonia compl...

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Autores principales: Almdallaleh, Sultan, Aseafan, Mohamed, Khan, Latif
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9640360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36381905
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30082
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description Due to the characteristics of the thyroid gland that prevent infiltration of pathogens, suppurative thyroid gland infections causing thyroid gland abscess are rarely encountered. Herein, we report a young female who presented to our hospital with pulmonary tuberculosis and Klebsiella pneumonia complicated with empyema. During her admission, she developed a rapidly enlarging and tender thyroid gland that produced respiratory obstructive symptoms. Upon clinical examination and radiological imaging, the diagnosis of thyroid abscess was confirmed. Surgical incision and drainage of the abscess was performed along with proper coverage of antibiotics. Thereafter, the patient’s clinical status improved dramatically. Although thyroid gland abscesses are rare in clinical practice, a rapidly enlarging thyroid gland in a patient with overt bacterial infection should raise the suspicion of thyroid abscess. Timely diagnosis and proper management can be life-saving in such cases.
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spelling pubmed-96403602022-11-14 Thyroid Abscess in a Young Postpartum Female Almdallaleh, Sultan Aseafan, Mohamed Khan, Latif Cureus Internal Medicine Due to the characteristics of the thyroid gland that prevent infiltration of pathogens, suppurative thyroid gland infections causing thyroid gland abscess are rarely encountered. Herein, we report a young female who presented to our hospital with pulmonary tuberculosis and Klebsiella pneumonia complicated with empyema. During her admission, she developed a rapidly enlarging and tender thyroid gland that produced respiratory obstructive symptoms. Upon clinical examination and radiological imaging, the diagnosis of thyroid abscess was confirmed. Surgical incision and drainage of the abscess was performed along with proper coverage of antibiotics. Thereafter, the patient’s clinical status improved dramatically. Although thyroid gland abscesses are rare in clinical practice, a rapidly enlarging thyroid gland in a patient with overt bacterial infection should raise the suspicion of thyroid abscess. Timely diagnosis and proper management can be life-saving in such cases. Cureus 2022-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9640360/ /pubmed/36381905 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30082 Text en Copyright © 2022, Almdallaleh et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9640360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36381905
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30082
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