Thyroid abscess, an uncommon diagnosis: A case report and mini‑review of the literature

Urbón‑Sánchez,Patricia; Mendoza‑Moreno,Fernando; Sánchez De Toca‑Gómez,Sofía; Mañes‑Jiménez,Félix; Jiménez‑Martín,Rubén; Bru‑Aparicio,Marta; Laguna‑Hernández,Pilar; Allaoua‑Moussaoui,Yousef; Soto‑Schutte,Sonia; Quiroga‑Valcárcel,Ana; Díez‑Alonso,Manuel; Lasa Unzúe,Inmaculada; Gutiérrez‑Calvo,Alberto

doi:10.3892/mi.2024.153

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Thyroid abscess, an uncommon diagnosis: A case report and mini‑review of the literature

Authors:
- Patricia Urbón‑Sánchez
- Fernando Mendoza‑Moreno
- Sofía Sánchez De Toca‑Gómez
- Félix Mañes‑Jiménez
- Rubén Jiménez‑Martín
- Marta Bru‑Aparicio
- Pilar Laguna‑Hernández
- Yousef Allaoua‑Moussaoui
- Sonia Soto‑Schutte
- Ana Quiroga‑Valcárcel
- Manuel Díez‑Alonso
- Inmaculada Lasa Unzúe
- Alberto Gutiérrez‑Calvo
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Affiliations: Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Príncipe de Asturias Teaching Hospital, 28805 Madrid, Spain

Copyright: © Urbón‑Sánchez et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License [CC BY 4.0].
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Published online on: April 4, 2024

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Abstract

Thyroid abscess is a rare entity, commonly experienced by immunocompromised patients, or those who have anatomical abnormalities or a pre‑existing thyroid disease. An early diagnosis continued by treatment with antibiotics and drainage of the abscess is the recommended therapeutic strategy for such cases. The present study describes a clinical case of this rare event, and also provides a brief literature review. The present study describes the case of a 48‑year‑old healthy male with no medical antecedents, apart from acute prostatitis treated with antibiotics for 6 days prior, who visited the Emergency Department of the authors' hospital with neck pain and progressive swelling of the mass. Diagnostic imaging confirmed the authors' suspicion of an abscess and revealed the lesion displacing the airway to the contralateral side. This restricted the mobility of the neck of the patient. As an emergency measure, the patient was then taken to the operating room for a neck examination. A hemithyroidectomy was finally performed. Following a prolonged hospital duration, he was discharged from the hospital and his recovery was uneventful without any voice alterations, hypocalcemia or recurrence.

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