title: Acute suppurative thyroiditis accompanied by thyrotoxicosis after fine-needle aspiration: treatment with catheter drainage.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Balıkesir University , Balıkesir, Turkey .
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yildar
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Balıkesir University , Balıkesir, Turkey .
authors.forename: Gulen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Demirpolat
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Balıkesir University , Balıkesir, Turkey .
authors.forename: Mehtap
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aydin
keywords: Abscess; FNA; Thyroiditis; Thyrotoxicosis