Giant Thyroid Abscess Related to Postpartum Brucella Infection
Joint Authors
Arslan, Harun
Akdemir, Zülküf
Karaman, Erbil
Akdeniz, Hüseyin
Alptekin, Cem
Source
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-03-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Thyroid gland infection, although rare, may be a life threatening disease.
Thyroid abscess, arising from acute suppurative thyroiditis (AST), is a rare clinic condition depending on widespread use of antibiotics.
Infection may involve one or both lobes and abscess formation may not be apparent until late stage of the progress of illness.
Thyroid left lobe is more often affected than the right one.
Brucellosis, especially obvious in endemic areas, is a widely seen zoonosis around the world.
Although brucella infection can affect many organs through various complications, thyroid gland infection is rare.
We aimed to present ultrasonography (USG) and magnetic resonance images (MRI) of a case with an acute thyroiditis which rapidly developed and grew fast on the left half of the neck during the first postpartum month.
As far as we know from literature reviewing, our case is the first case report of a thyroid abscess arising from brucella infection which is developed in first postpartum period with images of ultrasonography and MRI.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Akdemir, Zülküf& Karaman, Erbil& Akdeniz, Hüseyin& Alptekin, Cem& Arslan, Harun. 2015. Giant Thyroid Abscess Related to Postpartum Brucella Infection. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058741
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Akdemir, Zülküf…[et al.]. Giant Thyroid Abscess Related to Postpartum Brucella Infection. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058741
American Medical Association (AMA)
Akdemir, Zülküf& Karaman, Erbil& Akdeniz, Hüseyin& Alptekin, Cem& Arslan, Harun. Giant Thyroid Abscess Related to Postpartum Brucella Infection. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058741
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1058741