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Substernal Thyroid Biopsy Using Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration
Published on: November 10, 2014
Acute suppurative thyroiditis following fine-needle aspiration biopsy in an immunocompetent patient
Uğur Ünlütürk1, Koray Ceyhan, Demet Çorapçıoğlu
1Department of Endorinology and Metabolism, Ankara University School of Medicine, Sihhiye, 06100, Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract:
The thyroid gland is remarkably resistant to infectious agents owing to several protective mechanisms. Acute suppurative thyroiditis after fine-needle aspiration (FNA) in an immunocompetent patient is very rare. We report the case of a 50-year-old immunocompetent male patient who presented with painful cervical swelling, fever, and chills after an FNA of the thyroid. His physical and laboratory examination suggested an acute suppurative thyroiditis. Repeat FNA results were consistent with thyroid abscess. Physicians should be aware of the probability of acute bacterial thyroiditis after FNA.
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