Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis
Accompanied by Thyrotoxicosis
after Fine-Needle Aspiration:
Treatment with Catheter Drainage
ND12-ND14
Correspondence
Dr. Murat Yildar,
Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Balikesir University, Balikesir-10145, Turkey.
Phone : +90 505 578 43 87, Fax : +90 266 612 14 59, E-mail : muratyildar@hotmail.com
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.