Giant Thyroid Abscess Related to Postpartum Brucella Infection

Thyroid gland infection, although rare, may be a life threatening disease. Thyroid abscess, arising from acute suppurative thyroiditis (AST), is a rare clinic condition depending on widespread use of antibiotics. Infection may involve one or both lobes and abscess formation may not be apparent until...

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Published in:Case reports in infectious diseases 2015-01, Vol.2015 (2015), p.1-3
Main Authors: Alptekin, Cem, Akdeniz, Hüseyin, Karaman, Erbil, Akdemir, Zülküf, Arslan, Harun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brucellosis
Case Report
Illnesses
Infections
Methods
Postpartum period
Surgery
Ultrasonic imaging
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Summary:Thyroid gland infection, although rare, may be a life threatening disease. Thyroid abscess, arising from acute suppurative thyroiditis (AST), is a rare clinic condition depending on widespread use of antibiotics. Infection may involve one or both lobes and abscess formation may not be apparent until late stage of the progress of illness. Thyroid left lobe is more often affected than the right one. Brucellosis, especially obvious in endemic areas, is a widely seen zoonosis around the world. Although brucella infection can affect many organs through various complications, thyroid gland infection is rare. We aimed to present ultrasonography (USG) and magnetic resonance images (MRI) of a case with an acute thyroiditis which rapidly developed and grew fast on the left half of the neck during the first postpartum month. As far as we know from literature reviewing, our case is the first case report of a thyroid abscess arising from brucella infection which is developed in first postpartum period with images of ultrasonography and MRI.
ISSN:2090-6625
2090-6633
DOI:10.1155/2015/646209