[Acute suppurative thyroiditis in 7 year-old girl with piriform sinus fistula].
A 7 year-old girl was admitted to our hospital with high grade fever and redness, swelling and tenderness in left neck. CT scan revealed cyst formation (4.5x3 cm) in left lobe of thyroid with swelling of surrounding lymphonodes. We diagnosed her as acute suppurative thyroiditis and treated her with intravenous antibiotics infusion and incisional drainage. After the treatment, the clinical course was uneventful. Pharyngograph revealed left piriform sinus fistula.
Asano
Takeshi
T
Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan. VFF13540@nifty-ne.jp
Uchikoba
Yoko
Y
Zhi
Cai Ling
CL
Kawahigashi
Yutaka
Y
Maeda
Miho
M
Shimizu
Kazuo
K
Fukunaga
Yoshitaka
Y
D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D016124:Eikenella corrodens; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections; D006801:Humans; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D013969:Thyroiditis, Suppurative / Q000209:etiology*