title: Acute suppurative thyroiditis with demonstrable distant primary focus: a report of two cases.
abstract: Two cases of acute suppurative thyroiditis occurring in a normal thyroid gland secondary to a demonstrable primary focus at a distant site are described and the role of interventional radiology in the management is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Endocrinology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013396:Suction; D013492:Suppuration; D013667:Technetium; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D013667:Technetium