title: Stitch abscess masquerading as recurrent thyroid cancer.
abstract: Recurrent thyroid cancer after remnant ablation is a known entity in follow up of differentiated thyroid cancer. It is however unusual for a stitch abscess to present as a recurrent thyroid cancer. We highlight the diagnostic dilemma of a stitch abscess masquerading as a recurrent thyroid cancer in a young female adult in the setting of financial constraint.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine University College Hospital Ibadan.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Adedapo
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Afolabi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orunmuyi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fadiji
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D018276:Carcinoma, Medullary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013537:Sutures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography