Affiliations 

  • 1 Family Physician, Elizabeth Medical Centre, Muar, Johor, Malaysia
  • 2 Consultant Surgeon, Hospital Pantai Ayer Keroh, Melaka, Malaysia
Malays Fam Physician, 2006;1(2):54-57.
PMID: 27570587 MyJurnal

Abstract

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 septicemia and required surgical drainage after failing antibiotic therapy.

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