Open AccessAcute Suppurative Thyroiditis Accompanied by Thyrotoxicosis after Fine-Needle Aspiration: Treatment with Catheter Drainage
Author(s) -
Murat Yıldar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/9550.5186
Subject(s) - medicine , fine needle aspiration , biopsy , thyroiditis , thyroid , surgery , percutaneous , aspiration biopsy , catheter , radiology
Fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy is commonly used in the diagnosis of thyroid diseases. Serious complications are rare and this procedure is generally safe. Acute supurative thyroiditis (AST) after FNA has been seldomly reported. We report a case of a 57-year-old women with diabetes mellitus who developed AST with thyrotoxicosis after FNA. She was successfully treated by sonographically guided percutaneous drainage and antithyroid agent.