Surgery-induced thyroiditis: fact or fiction?
Neck surgery carries a risk that the patient will develop postoperative thyroiditis as a result of the surgical procedure. Surgery-induced thyroiditis can manifest in a mild form as serum hyperthyroxinemia or in a more severe form as clinical hyperthyroidism. We describe a case of surgery-induced thyroiditis and review the very limited literature on this subject.
McDermott
Annlouise
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Department of Otolaryngology, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Bordesley Green, Birmingham B9 5SS, U.K. almcdermott@doctors.org.uk
Onyeaka
Chinyere Vivian Patrick
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Macnamara
Marcelle
M
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000209:etiology*