Rapidly Growing Thyroid Mass in an Immunocompromised Young Male Adult
Joint Authors
Torres, Oberto
Santiago, Mónica
Miranda, María de Lourdes
Martinez, José Hernán
Figueroa, Carlos
Villamarzo, Guillermo
Palermo, Coromoto
Trinidad, Rafael
Garcia, Miosotis
Gonzalez, Eva
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-07-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We describe a 20-year-old man diagnosed with a myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), admitted to our hospital due to pancytopenia and fever of undetermined origin after myelosuppression with chemotherapy.
Disseminated aspergillosis (DIA) was suspected when he developed skin and lung involvement.
A rapidly growing mass was detected on the left neck area, during hospitalization.
A thyroid ultrasound reported a 3.7×2.5×2.9 cm oval heterogeneous structure, suggestive of an abscess versus a hematoma.
Fine needle aspiration of the thyroid revealed invasion of aspergillosis.
Fungal thyroiditis is a rare occurrence.
Thyroid fungal infection is difficult to diagnose; for this reason it is rarely diagnosed antemortem.
To our knowledge, this is the 10th case reported in the literature in an adult where the diagnosis of fungal invasion to the thyroid was able to be corroborated antemortem by fine needle aspiration biopsy.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Santiago, Mónica& Martinez, José Hernán& Palermo, Coromoto& Figueroa, Carlos& Torres, Oberto& Trinidad, Rafael…[et al.]. 2013. Rapidly Growing Thyroid Mass in an Immunocompromised Young Male Adult. Case Reports in Endocrinology،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Santiago, Mónica…[et al.]. Rapidly Growing Thyroid Mass in an Immunocompromised Young Male Adult. Case Reports in Endocrinology No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Santiago, Mónica& Martinez, José Hernán& Palermo, Coromoto& Figueroa, Carlos& Torres, Oberto& Trinidad, Rafael…[et al.]. Rapidly Growing Thyroid Mass in an Immunocompromised Young Male Adult. Case Reports in Endocrinology. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-460803
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-460803