Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis in an Intravenous Drug User with a Preexisting Goiter
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Unilateral hypopharyngitis, cellulitis, and a multinodular goiter: a triad of findings suggestive of acute suppurative thyroiditis.
Acute suppurative thyroiditis is an uncommon disorder, which has been associated with pre-existing thyroid disease, especially a multinodular goiter. We describe a case of a woman who presented clinically with an acute inflammatory condition of the neck. On CT examination, she had a triad of a multinodular goiter, a unilateral hypopharyngitis, and a surrounding cellulitis. We suggest that the c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1687-9627,1687-9635
DOI: 10.1155/2018/5098712