Salmonella thyroid abscess in a pre-existing multinodular goitre: rare clinical entity with review of literature

G.S. Murali; Shubhakar Bhandary

doi:10.18203/2349-2902.isj20164490

Authors

G.S. Murali Department of General Surgery, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Deralakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Shubhakar Bhandary Department of General Surgery, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Deralakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20164490

Keywords:

Multinodular goitre, Salmonella typhi, Thyroid abscess, Thyroiditis

Abstract

With its inherent resistance to infection, abscess of the thyroid has been rarely encountered clinically. The disease is usually preceded by an attack of upper respiratory tract infection. The availability of potent broad spectrum antibiotics is one important factor due to which currently thyroid abscess has become a rare clinical entity. But we report a case of thyroid abscess in an otherwise 26 yr old healthy young female with a long standing goitre. She gave no history of preceding URTI. The causative organism was identified as Salmonella typhi.

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