Acute thyroiditis due to septic emboli derived from infective endocarditis

Cabizuca, Carolina A.; Bulzico, Daniel; Almeida, Mirella Hansen de; Conceição, Flávia Lúcia; Vaisman, Mário

doi:10.1136/pgmj.2008.067850

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“…Acute suppurative thyroiditis is a rare condition with two‐thirds of the cases being related to structural abnormalities . Other causes include direct trauma, extension from adjacent structures, and spread via hematogenous or lymphatic pathways from distant sources . The onset of the acute suppurative thyroiditis is usually sudden and can lead to thyroid abscess formation .…”

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Acute suppurative thyroiditis following fine‐needle aspiration biopsy in an immunocompetent patient

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Ceyhan

Çorapçıoğlu

2013

J of Clinical Ultrasound

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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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Acute suppurative thyroiditis following fine‐needle aspiration biopsy in an immunocompetent patient

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Ceyhan

Çorapçıoğlu

2013

J of Clinical Ultrasound

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“…AST has been correlated with the presence of pre-existing piriform sinus fistula or thyroglossal duct remnant, following injury of the neck and fine needle aspiration cytology or due to septic emboli derived from infective endocarditis [10]. …”

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A Case of Concurrent Riedel’s, Hashimoto’s and Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis

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Morassi

Braga

et al. 2009

Case Reports in Medicine

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Riedel's thyroiditis (RT) is a rare form of infiltrative and inflammatory disease of the thyroid, first described by Bernard Riedel in 1896. The concurrent presence of RT and other thyroid diseases has been reported, but, the association of RT with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and acute thyroiditis has not yet been reported. We present a case of concurrent Riedel's, Hashimoto's and acute thyroiditis that occurred in a 45-year-old patient.

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“…AST may occur in a cystic or degenerated nodule within the thyroid gland [3], but the presence of a causal relationship between adenomatous goiter and AST is unclear. To the best of our knowledge, only three cases of AST in patients with preexisting multinodular goiter, which was also observed in our patient, have been reported in the past 30 years according to the PubMed database [4][5][6]. These patients were immunocompetent and did not appear to have a pyriform fistula.…”

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“…These patients were immunocompetent and did not appear to have a pyriform fistula. Notably, two of these three patients developed AST due to hematogenous spread of pathogenic microbes; one developed AST due to an E. coli urinary tract infection [4], and the other developed staphylococcal AST due to septic emboli derived from infective endocarditis [5]. Meanwhile, another patient developed AST following FNAB [6].…”

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