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Acute purulent thyroiditis with retropharyngeal and retrotracheal abscesses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Victor Chrobok ,
Petr Celakovsky ,
David Nunez-Fernandez  and
Eva Simakova
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Abstract

An unusual case of acute purulent thyroiditis in a 45-year-old man forming a large abscess in the left lobe of the thyroid gland is described. It perforated the capsule at the posterior wall of the thyroid, causing extensive retropharyngeal and retrotracheal abscesses. The patient was treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics and surgical excision of the infected tissues. He has remained well one year after the operation.

Keywords

Thyroid glandThyroiditisAbscess
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 114 , Issue 2 , February 2000 , pp. 151 - 153
Copyright
Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2000

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