ACUTE SUPPURATIVE THYROIDITIS PRESENTING AS A PAINLESS THYROID SWELLING
Acute suppurative thyroiditis is a rare disorder. We saw a 24 year old man with this condition that present atypically. The patient had a non-tender thyroid enlargement associated with fever and leukocytosis. FNA cytology clinched the diagnosis. The abscess was associated with Klebsiella pneumoniae...
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| Language: | English |
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Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia
2006-01-01
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| Series: | Malaysian Family Physician |
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| Online Access: | http://www.e-mfp.org/v1n2-3/thyroiditis.htm |