Acute suppurative thyroiditis caused by an infected piriform sinus fistula with thyrotoxicosis

Thyroid

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-178

  Fukata, Shuji ^a   Miyauchi, Akira ^a   Kuma, Kanji ^a   Sugawara, Masahiro ^b  

^a KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; THYROID HORMONE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FISTULA; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 0036197378     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/105072502753522428     Document Type: Article

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