TY - JOUR
T1 - Suppurative thyroiditis with gas formation
AU - Reksoprawiro, Sunarto
N1 - Funding Information:
Acute suppurative thyroiditis with gas formation is very rare. A 70-year-old woman was admitted with dysphagia and fever. The clinical diagnosis of acute thyroiditis was supported by fine needle aspiration biopsy. X-ray examination showed gas collection within the soft tissue of the anterior neck and ultrasonography of the thyroid gland showed a cavity filled with thick liquid. The patient was treated with antibiotic therapy followed by thyroidectomy. Escherichia coli was the causative micro-organism cultured from the pus specimen. [Asian J Surg 2003;26(3):180–2]
PY - 2003/7
Y1 - 2003/7
N2 - Acute suppurative thyroiditis with gas formation is very rare. A 70-year-old woman was admitted with dysphagia and fever. The clinical diagnosis of acute thyroiditis was supported by fine needle aspiration biopsy. X-ray examination showed gas collection within the soft tissue of the anterior neck and ultrasonography of the thyroid gland showed a cavity filled with thick liquid. The patient was treated with antibiotic therapy followed by thyroidectomy. Escherichia coli was the causative micro-organism cultured from the pus specimen.
AB - Acute suppurative thyroiditis with gas formation is very rare. A 70-year-old woman was admitted with dysphagia and fever. The clinical diagnosis of acute thyroiditis was supported by fine needle aspiration biopsy. X-ray examination showed gas collection within the soft tissue of the anterior neck and ultrasonography of the thyroid gland showed a cavity filled with thick liquid. The patient was treated with antibiotic therapy followed by thyroidectomy. Escherichia coli was the causative micro-organism cultured from the pus specimen.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60380-8
DO - 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60380-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 12925295
AN - SCOPUS:0042163175
SN - 1015-9584
VL - 26
SP - 180
EP - 182
JO - Asian Journal of Surgery
JF - Asian Journal of Surgery
IS - 3
ER -