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Thyroid pyocele with systemic sepsis: a rare clinical scenario
Surya Prakash Dorasala Ramanna1, Chandrakiran Channegowda2, Shabna Lakshmi Shanmugananthan2
1Otorhinolaryngology, MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India drdrsuryaprakash@gmail.com.
Abstract:
A late middle-aged woman presented with a large, painful neck mass, with a history of rapid increase of size since 1 week and associated voice change, dyspnoea and odynophagia. Prior radiological investigation showed a multiloculated cystic mass in the left thyroid lobe. Fine needle aspiration revealed a predominant cluster of neutrophils. Blood investigations showed leucocytosis and high blood glucose levels suggestive of sepsis. The patient underwent surgical drainage of the thyroid abscess with total thyroidectomy which was managed through multidisciplinary teamwork between surgeons, haematologists, endocrinologists and anaesthesiologists. In addition, urine culture and thyroid pus culture both showed Escherichia coli growth suggestive of bacterial sepsis. The patient was treated successfully and made a complete recovery following surgery with normalisation of voice.
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