Open AccessAcute suppurative thyroiditis in infected thyroid cyst in an adult patient under hemodialysis
Author(s) -
Igarashi Hiroyuki,
Yoshino Hiroshi,
Hijikata Mai,
Kumashiro Naoki,
Ando Yasuyo,
Uchino Hiroshi,
Tsuboi Kumiko,
Hirose Takahisa
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.861
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , thyroiditis , sepsis , dialysis , thyroid , abscess , intensive care medicine , surgery
Key Clinical Message Acute suppurative thyroiditis (AST) accompanied by an abscess is a rare clinical case. Hemodialysis patients are at risk for infections. Sepsis mortality was from 100 to 300 times higher for chronic dialysis patients than that for the general public. Thus, special care should be taken against infection in patients under hemodialysis.