A case of acute suppurative thyroiditis with thyrotoxicosis / 대한내과학회지
Korean Journal of Medicine
;
: 242-245, 2008.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-67880
ABSTRACT
Acute suppurative thryroiditis is a rare disease because the thyroid gland is resistant to infection. Thyroid function tests are usually normal in acute suppurative thryroiditis. We care for a patient with acute suppurative thryroiditis and associated thyrotoxicosis. A 73-year-old diabetic woman presented with pain over the thyroid gland and an elevated serum thyroid hormone level and decreased radioiodine uptake, as occurs in subacute thyroiditis. A neck computed tomography showed an abscess in the right lobe of the thyroid gland. A neutrophilic infiltration was shown in a fine needle aspiration biopsy, and Gram negative Burkholderia gladioli grew from the aspirate culture. Antibiotic treatment ameliorated the symptoms of infection, followed by normalization of thyroid function.
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Main subject:
Thyroid Function Tests
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Thyroid Gland
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Biopsy
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Thyroiditis, Subacute
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Thyroiditis, Suppurative
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Thyrotoxicosis
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Rare Diseases
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Burkholderia gladioli
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Biopsy, Fine-Needle
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Abscess
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Medicine
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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