Pain in the throat due to acute suppurative thyroiditis caused by Salmonella
Van Bon, A.C.; Krudop, W.; van Eeden, S.; Schreuder, M.C.J.; Nieveen van Dijkum, E.J.M.; Fliers, E.; Wiersinga, W.M.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 152(38): 2084-2087
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-2162 PMID: 18837185 Document Number: 618751
A 53-year-old woman presented with fever accompanied by chills and an extremely painful swelling of her right thyroid lobe. She was initially diagnosed as having subacute thyroiditis, but after 14 days her disease appeared to be caused by a destructive suppurative thyroiditis due to Salmonella group C. A pre-existing hyperplastic nodule in the right thyroid lobe was the predisposing factor. Antibiotics were given for several weeks and surgical drainage was performed. Finally a hemithyroidectomy was done to eliminate the predisposing factor.