Acute suppurative thyroiditis with thyroid metastasis from esophageal cancer.

CONCLUSION: This is the first case of AST complicated with thyroid metastasis from easophageal cancer and it throws new light on AST and thyroid metastasis for physicians.When patient present to hospital because of fever,neck pain and swelling,AST should be alarmed.The diagnosis of AST should be based on high clinical suspicion.In addition,thyroid cancer have to be taken into our account,especially when antibiotic therapy is ineffective.Notably,except for primary thyroid cancer,thyroid metastasis should be alarmed. PMID: 31681975 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Endokrynologia Polska - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Tags: Endokrynol Pol Source Type: research