Acute thyroiditis(acute suppurative thyroiditis, bacterial thyroidtis, pyogenic thyroiditis) is an uncommon inflammatory disease, usually bacterial in orign, but may be fungi, parasitic organisms.
A case of acute suppurative thyroiditis was reported and review of literature was made. A 51-year-old female noted pain and swelling of her neck. Cardinal physical finding on admission was enlargement of thyroid gland accompanied by tenderness
and
local
heat. Diagnosis of acute suppurative thyroiditis was made by needle aspiration of the thyroid gland. The aspirated material showed inflammatory cells and follicular cell. In culture, Xanthomonas maltophilia was isolated. After antibiotics
administration, she was discharged with improvement of tender enlargement of the thyroid gland(J Kor Soc Endocrinol 10:131~135, 1995).
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