Open AccessACUTE MYCOTIC THYROIDITIS
Author(s) -
Kakudo Kennichi,
Kanokogi Mototsugu,
Mitstsunobu Masao,
Sawada Kenji,
Uematsu Kunio,
Noguchi Tsukasa,
Fujita Shigeru
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1983.tb02107.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pathology , autopsy , thyroiditis , abscess , surgery , disease
An autopsy case of acute thyroiditis in acute lymphocytic leukemia is presented. The thyroiditis was mycotic and developed severe necrotic inflammation with a hemorrhage and a perithyroidal abscess, and resulting in disseminating mycosis with multiple microabscesses in both kidneys and in myocardium.